In 2023, there were an average of 67 million monthly recipients of social security benefits in the United States. This is an increase since 2022, and an increase of nearly ten million in the last ten years.In the United States, Social Security benefits can be paid to eligible retirees, widowers, disabled workers, and their families.

Since 2015, the number of recipients of social welfare in Sweden has decreased steadily. Whereas more than 415,000 people received social welfare in Sweden in 2015, it had sunk below 300,000 in 2022. However, even though the total number of recipients has decreased, the value of the total benefits has increased since 2017.

To help people reach a reasonable standard of living

The social welfare benefits in Sweden are administered by the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen in Swedish). The aim of the benefits is to help people in need to reach a reasonable standard of living through monthly benefits. The amount of the average monthly payment was around 9,100 Swedish kronor in 2022.

 Benefits in foreign and Swedish households

Looking at households with Swedish-born and foreign-born citizens, the most common group of recipients was Swedish-born single men living without children. However, when looking at couples with children, far more foreign-born citizens received social benefits.

This table aims to show the distribution of welfare of persons in the Netherlands, measured by their income. The figures in this table are broken down to different person characteristics.

The population consists of all persons in private households with income on January 1st of the reporting year. In the population for the subject low-income persons, persons in both student households and households with income only for a part of the year have been excluded. The population for the subject economic independence consists of all persons aged from 15 to the OAP-age in private households with income on January 1st of the reporting year, except for students and pupils.

Data available from: 2011

Status of the figures: The figures for 2011 to 2022 are final. The figures for 2023 are preliminary.

Changes as of November 2024: The preliminary figures for 2023 have been added.

When will new figures be published? New figures will be published in the fall of 2025.

The number of people receiving social benefits in Denmark decreased from 2013. Moreover, there were significantly more people from non-western countries than people from western countries who received social benefits between 2012 and 2022. In 2022, 14,000 people with a non-western origin and around 2,000 with a western origin received social benefits in Denmark. The majority of social benefits recipients had Danish origin though. The Danish government implemented a reform in 2014 that tightened the conditions for receiving social benefits.

This statistic shows the percentage of the population aged 25 and over living in households that participated in different public assistance programs offered in the United States in 2018. Programs included here are Medicaid, School Lunch and the Food Stamps program. 46 percent of individuals with no high school diploma lived in households that had participated in Medicaid as of 2018.

Graph and download economic data for Income Before Taxes: Public Assistance, Supplemental Security Income, SNAP by Number of Earners: Consumer Units of Two or More People, One Earner (CXUWELFARELB0705M) from 1984 to 2023 about supplements, assistance, social assistance, public, SNAP, food stamps, tax, food, consumer, income, persons, and USA.

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Graph and download economic data for Government current expenditures: Income security: Welfare and social services (G160371A027NBEA) from 1959 to 2023 about social assistance, expenditures, government, services, income, GDP, and USA.

This table provides information on the number of young people aged 0 to 25 living in welfare families. For the demarcation of a social assistance family, we looked at social assistance benefits under the Participation Act or social assistance-related benefits under the Income Provision for Older and Partially Disabled Unemployed Workers Act (IOAW), the Income Provision for Older and Partially Disabled Former Self-Employed Persons Act (IOAZ), the Self-Employed Persons Assistance Decree (Bbz) and the Work and Income Artists Act (WWIK).

Benefits under the Temporary Bridging Scheme for Self-Employed Entrepreneurs (Tozo) are not included in this table. The Tozo provides self-employed people with an additional living allowance and a loan for working capital to deal with liquidity problems caused by the coronavirus crisis.

This table shows figures (31 December of the reference year) for young people living in welfare families, with a possible breakdown by region (including municipality level), type of household and the age of the youngest child in the household.

In order to show how young people in the Netherlands are doing, the National Youth Monitor describes more than 70 topics in addition to this topic. The topics are called indicators.

Data available from 2007.

Status of figures The figures for all years are final.

Changes as of 26 June 2024: None, this is a new table. This table is the successor of: Young people in welfare families; 0 to 25 year olds, 2023 region. See paragraph 3.

When will there be new figures? New figures are expected in the second quarter of 2025. The table is then replaced by a new table with the then most recent area layouts.

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In the fiscal year 2022, the average monthly number of public assistance recipients in Japan accounted for around 1.62 percent of the total population. The number of persons receiving public assistance decreased by 0.7 percent compared to the previous fiscal year.

This table aims to show the distribution of welfare of private households, measured by their income, expenditures and wealth. The figures in this table are broken down to different household characteristics.

The population consists of all private households with income on January 1st of the reporting year. In the population for the subject low-income households, both student households and households with income only for a part of the year have been excluded.

Data available from: 2011

Status of the figures: The figures for 2011 to 2022 are final. The figures for 2023 are preliminary.

Changes as of 1 November 2024: Figures for 2022 are finalized. Preliminary figures for 2023 are added.

Changes as of 9 February 2022: The preliminary figures for 2020 concerning ‘Mean expenditures’ have been added. The topic 'Mean expenditures' only contains 5-annual data, for 2015 and 2020. The data for 2015 for this topic were still preliminary and are now final.

When will new figures be published? New figures will be published in the fall of 2025.

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The table shows the number of people receiving social assistance by county and region

Number of people living below the poverty lineData Source: Lao Population and Housing Census 2015Contact: Ministry of Planning and Investment, Lao Statistics Bureau, Dongnasokneua Village, Sikhottabong District, Vientiane Capital Email: lstats@lsb.gov.la ; Tel: (+85621) 214740, Fax: (+86521) 242022ໝູ່ ບ້ານຖືກຈັດປະເພດເປັນຄົນທຸກຍາກການສຳຫລວດສຳມະໂນປະຊາກອນ 2015ກະຊວງແຜນການ ແລະ ການລົງທຶນ, ສູນສະຖິຕິແຫ່ງຊາດ ບ້ານດົງນາໂຊກເໜືອ, ເມືອງສີໂຄດຕະບອງ, ແຂວງນະຄອນຫລວງວຽງຈັນ. ໂທ: (+856 21)214740, ແຟັກ: (+856 21)242022. ອີເມລວ: lstats@lsb.gov.la

In July 2024, 3.16 billion U.S. dollars were paid out in unemployment benefits in the United States. This is an increase from June 2024, when 2.62 billion U.S. dollars were paid in unemployment benefits. The large figures seen in 2020 are largely due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Welfare in the U.S. Unemployment benefits first started in 1935 during the Great Depression as a part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. The Social Security Act of 1935 ensured that Americans would not fall deeper into poverty. The United States was the only developed nation in the world at the time that did not offer any welfare benefits. This program created unemployment benefits, Medicare and Medicaid, and maternal and child welfare. The only major welfare program that the United States currently lacks is a paid maternity leave policy. Currently, the United States only offers 12 unpaid weeks of leave, under certain circumstances. However, the number of people without health insurance in the United States has greatly decreased since 2010. Unemployment benefits Current unemployment benefits in the United States vary from state to state due to unemployment being funded by both the state and the federal government. The average duration of people collecting unemployment benefits in the United States has fluctuated since January 2020, from as little as 4.55 weeks to as many as 50.32 weeks. The unemployment rate varies by ethnicity, gender, and education levels. For example, those aged 16 to 24 have faced the highest unemployment rates since 1990 during the pandemic. In February 2023, the Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV metropolitan area had the highest unemployment rate in the United States.

Peru PE: Adequacy: Social Safety Net Programs: % of Total Welfare of Beneficiary Households data was reported at 7.990 % in 2014. This records a decrease from the previous number of 8.539 % for 2013. Peru PE: Adequacy: Social Safety Net Programs: % of Total Welfare of Beneficiary Households data is updated yearly, averaging 10.108 % from Dec 2008 (Median) to 2014, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12.811 % in 2008 and a record low of 7.990 % in 2014. Peru PE: Adequacy: Social Safety Net Programs: % of Total Welfare of Beneficiary Households data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Peru – Table PE.World Bank.WDI: Social Protection. Adequacy of social safety net programs is measured by the total transfer amount received by the population participating in social safety net programs as a share of their total welfare. Welfare is defined as the total income or total expenditure of beneficiary households. Social safety net programs include cash transfers and last resort programs, noncontributory social pensions, other cash transfers programs (child, family and orphan allowances, birth and death grants, disability benefits, and other allowances), conditional cash transfers, in-kind food transfers (food stamps and vouchers, food rations, supplementary feeding, and emergency food distribution), school feeding, other social assistance programs (housing allowances, scholarships, fee waivers, health subsidies, and other social assistance) and public works programs (cash for work and food for work). Estimates include both direct and indirect beneficiaries.; ; ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, The World Bank. Data are based on national representative household surveys. (datatopics.worldbank.org/aspire/); Simple average;

Graph and download economic data for SNAP Benefits Recipients in Harris County, TX (CBR48201TXA647NCEN) from 1989 to 2022 about Harris County, TX; Houston; SNAP; nutrition; food stamps; benefits; food; TX; and USA.

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