According to a recent survey, nearly half of all respondents (43%) do not yet have retirement savings, although 62% expressed interest in them. For Hungarian respondents, the rates are 46% and 59% respectively.

However, 42% of non-savers said they could not afford to start such savings at this time.

The current rate of non-savers is higher than average among women, young people (aged 18-35), those with lower education, the unemployed and part-time workers, napi.hu adds.