Women’s pension pots are 40% below men’s

CEO of Ask Acorn, Keith Butler, says that despite the progress on gender equality in recent years, women are still falling well behind men when it comes to their pension pots

The average pension pot of a male in Ireland is €102,017 versus just €60,562 for a female.

The average Irish woman’s pension pot is 40% less than her male counterpart, according to new research.

The survey of 1,000 adults nationwide commissioned by financial services intermediary Ask Acorn found that the average pension pot of a male in Ireland is €102,017. The equivalent figure for a female is just €60,562. This means that Irish women have saved an average of €41,455 less than men, indicating a gender pension gap of 40%.