Finance statistics of social assistance in a broader sense 2017 - Expenditure on economic social assistance rose by 3.4% in 2017
Neuchâtel, 15.02.2019 - In 2017 net expenditure on social assistance in the narrow sense – also called economic social assistance – rose in nominal terms by 3.4% to CHF 2.8 billion. Year-on-year change thus remained at the level of recent years. Around CHF 10 000 is spent per year per beneficiary. These are the latest findings from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
This press release and further information on this topic can be found on the FSO website (see link below)
Address for enquiries
Céline Gerber, FSO, Social Analyses section, tel.: +41 58 483 05 74, email: celine.gerber@bfs.admin.ch
Margherita Geiger Németi, FSO, Social Analyses section, tel.: +41 58 463 61 51, email: margherita.geiger@bfs.admin.ch
Publisher
Federal Statistical Office
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