Social welfare recipients in Switzerland in 2020
Press release
Embargo: December 21, 2021, 8:30 am
13 Social Security
Social welfare recipients in Switzerland in 2020
Despite COVID-19, the social assistance rate remained unchanged at 3.2% in 2020
In 2020, 272,100 people in Switzerland received financial benefits from social assistance at least once. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on social welfare have so far been minor; the social assistance rate remains unchanged at 3.2%. However, the number of people leaving the economic social assistance system decreased in 2020. These are some of the results of the Swiss social welfare statistics from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
The full text of the press release is available in German, French or Italian: For German see: www.bfs.admin.ch/news/de/2021-0349
For French see: www.bfs.admin.ch/news/fr/2021-0349
For Italian see: www.bfs.admin.ch/news/it/2021-0349
Swiss Federal Statistical Office FSO, ESPACE DE L’EUROPE 10, CH-2010 NEUCHÂTEL |
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