The Social Fund named the number of retired women and men

The number of retired women in Russia is almost twice as high as the number of men. This was reported on May 25 by RIA Novosti with reference to data from the Social Fund of the Russian Federation for 2025.

Thus, the total number of pensioners in Russia is 41,169,800. Of these, there are 13,845,500 men and 27,324,300 women, the report added.Газете.Ru ".

According to the ministry, 33,379,424 people receive old—age pensions, 1,456,262 for loss of breadwinner, 2,193,963 for disability, and 3,466,291 Russians receive social pensions.

Embedded effect: companies will encourage employees to save for retirement

Starting in 2026, the Russian Federation wants to give tax incentives to businesses that contribute to long-term savings of employees.

Svetlana Bessarab, a member of the State Duma Committee on Social Policy, recalled on May 19 that from August 1, individual pension coefficient (IPC) points that they earned over the past year will be added to the pensions of working pensioners.