Number of recipients of benefits in Germany 2023

In 2023, there were around 5.56 million people who received benefits in Germany. Figures have been consistently decreasing since 2017, and so far 2023 has continued this pattern.

Yearly average of the number of recipients of benefits in Germany from 2010 to 2023, according to SGB II (in millions)

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Release date

January 2024

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

2010 to 2023

Supplementary notes

¹ Recipients, according to SGB II, include employable beneficiaries, non-employable beneficiaries, other beneficiaries.

² Figures for 2022 are an average from January to October.

Figures preceding 2015 and the final information up to September 2016 were taken from the Federal Employment Agency’s monthly report for December 2016 (page 105). Figures from October 2016 onwards (the given average values result from the individual monthly values) were taken from the individual monthly reports for 2017 to 2022.

* These figures refer to the benefit scheme known as Hartz IV, but as of January 1, 2023, the scheme has been changed and now is called Bürgergeld.

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