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Total social accounts 2015 CHF 162 billion for social benefits in 2015

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Social expenditure increased by 3.3% in 2016

Neuchâtel, 20.06.2017 (FSO) - The increase in inflation-adjusted expenditure on social benefits between 2014 and 2015 was 4.2% and therefore above the long-term trend of 3.3%. Old age accounted for the biggest share of expenditure with 42.9%. Two thirds of expenditure on social benefits was financed by socially insured persons and the employer, while the state contributed one quarter. These are some of the results from the 2015 Total Social Security Accounts of the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).