20.03.2023 - New statistical information
Social assistance in a broader sense: Finance statistics 2021 and inventory 2022
In 2021, CHF 8.8 billion was spent on means-tested social benefits for poverty reduction. 804 966 persons or 9.3% of Switzerland's permanent resident population received at least one such means-tested social benefit. Expenditure on these social assistance benefits increased less strongly in 2021 (+0.7%) than in the previous year (+1.8%). Expenditure on economic social assistance fell by CHF 34 million and has now been declining for three years. As in the previous year, the COVID-19 pandemic had no direct impact on the level of social assistance expenditure.
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20.03.2023
Social assistance in a broader sense: Finance statistics 2021 and inventory 2022
Expenditure on economic social assistance also decreased in 2021Federal Statistical Office
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Annual net expenditure on social assistance and means-tested social benefits for poverty reduction, per capita by Canton
Observation period: 2021
Federal Statistical Office
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Net expenditure on means-tested social benefits for poverty reduction, by benefit
Observation period: 2003-2021
Federal Statistical Office
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Net expenditure on means-tested social benefits for poverty reduction, by funder
Observation period: 2003-2021
Federal Statistical Office
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Net expenditure on means-tested social benefits for poverty reduction, change by benefit
Observation period: 2003-2021
Federal Statistical Office
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Net expenditure on means-tested social benefits for poverty reduction, share of benefits
Observation period: 2021
Federal Statistical Office
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Rate of social assistance and of means-tested social benefits for poverty reduction
Share of recipients in the permanent resident population
Observation period: 2006-2021
Federal Statistical Office
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Recipients of means-tested social benefits for poverty reduction
Share per benefit (excluding double counting)
Observation period: 2021
Federal Statistical Office
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Social assistance benefits broadly defined
Observation period: 2022
Federal Statistical Office
Published on 20.03.2023
Spatial division: Cantons