As of 2019, approximately 18 million South Africans vulnerable to poverty or in need of state support received social grants, relief assistance or social relief paid by the government. The number of social grant recipients was proportionally high in Kwazulu-Natal, amounting to just over four million people.
Population that received social grants, relief assistance or social relief in South Africa in 2019, by province
(in 1,000s)
The source mentioned that totals excluded unspecified grant receipts and that values based on three or less unweighted cases were considered too small to provide accurate estimates and therefore replaced by asterisks.
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Statistics South Africa. (December 17, 2020). Population that received social grants, relief assistance or social relief in South Africa in 2019, by province (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 14, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116081/population-receiving-social-grants-in-south-africa-by-province/
Statistics South Africa. "Population that received social grants, relief assistance or social relief in South Africa in 2019, by province (in 1,000s)." Chart. December 17, 2020. Statista. Accessed October 14, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116081/population-receiving-social-grants-in-south-africa-by-province/
Statistics South Africa. (2020). Population that received social grants, relief assistance or social relief in South Africa in 2019, by province (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 14, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116081/population-receiving-social-grants-in-south-africa-by-province/
Statistics South Africa. "Population That Received Social Grants, Relief Assistance or Social Relief in South Africa in 2019, by Province (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116081/population-receiving-social-grants-in-south-africa-by-province/
Statistics South Africa, Population that received social grants, relief assistance or social relief in South Africa in 2019, by province (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116081/population-receiving-social-grants-in-south-africa-by-province/ (last visited October 14, 2024)
Population that received social grants, relief assistance or social relief in South Africa in 2019, by province (in 1,000s) [Graph], Statistics South Africa, December 17, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116081/population-receiving-social-grants-in-south-africa-by-province/
