While the economic social assistance rate has not hardly changed in recent years, the number of social assistance beneficiaries has risen. The reason for this apparently contradictory trend is that over the same period the resident population has also increased.
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In focus
At a glance
Indicator |
Year |
|
---|---|---|
Social assistance rate (financial social assistance) |
3.3% |
2017 |
Share of short-term beneficiaries of financial social assistance (up to one year, closed case) |
51.0% |
2017 |
Average duration of social assistance benefits (current cases) |
41 months |
2017 |
Net expenditure on social assistance in a broader sense |
CHF 8 285m |
2017 |
Net expenditure on financial social assistance |
CHF 2 816m |
2017 |
Annual net expenditure on financial social assistance per beneficiary |
CHF 10 116 |
2017 |
Social assistance rate in a broader sense |
9.5% |
2017 |
Scheme social assistance statistics
The statistical components of social assistance statistics
The Swiss social assistance statistics comprises three coordinated statistical components:
- The inventory of social assistance in a broader sense catalogues all social assistance benefits in a broader sense
- The financial statistics of social assistance in a broader sense records expenditure on these social benefits.
- The statistics on social assistance recipients records all beneficiaries.
Further information
Statistical sources and concepts
Contact
Federal Statistical Office Section Social Analyses and Section Social WelfareEspace de l'Europe 10
CH-2010 Neuchâtel
Switzerland
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