Know Your Retirement Number
Personal Finance · Intermediate
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How much you'll need, how much the pension system will cover, and how much to save each month: three figures that turn retirement into a plan.
Micro-habits to get started
Small actions of a few minutes to start this habit:
Use the official pension calculator
Estimate your future pension using your country's official retirement simulator.
Run the numbers with conservative assumptions—it's better to be pleasantly surprised.
20 minCalculate your retirement gap
Subtract your estimated pension from what you'll need each month, then multiply the annual gap by 25.
That figure is your approximate target nest egg under the 4% rule.
10 minRaise your contribution by one point
Increase your voluntary retirement savings or long-term investment rate by one percentage point.
Every year you start earlier significantly reduces the monthly effort required.
10 min