Social assistance recipients in Switzerland 2016 - Economic social assistance reached 3.3% in 2016
Neuchâtel, 19.12.2017 - (FSO) – In 2016, the economic social assistance rate rose by 0.1 to 3.3%, i.e. 273,273 recipients. To gain a wider perspective on social assistance in Switzerland, it is also necessary to consider the 25,544 recipients of assistance to refugees and the 55,504 persons from the asylum process on which the Federal Statistical Office (FS0) is publishing findings for the first time.
This press release and further information on this topic can be found on the FSO website (see link below)
Address for enquiries
Marc Dubach, FSO, Social Welfare section, +41 58 463 65 78, marc.dubach@bfs.admin.ch
Publisher
Federal Statistical Office
http://www.statistics.admin.ch
