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Press release No. 434 of 30 October 2020 CORRECTION: Number of recipients of minimum social security benefits down 4.6% in 2019
Just under 6.9 million people in Germany received minimum social security benefits at the end of 2019. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a decline of 4.6% compared with the end of 2018 when roughly 7.2 million …
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Press release No. 408 of 19 October 2018 Number of recipients of minimum social security benefits at the end of 2017 down 3.5% on a year earlier
According to information from the competent authorities, almost 7.6 million people received minimum social security benefits in Germany at the end of 2017. This was a decrease of 3.5% compared with the end of 2016. At the end of 2017, the number of …
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Press release No. 429 of 29 November 2017 7.9 million recipients of minimum social security benefits at the end of 2016
At the end of 2016, nearly 7.9 million people received minimum social security benefits in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a decrease of 1.6% compared with the end of 2015 when just under 8.0 million …
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Press release No. 419 of 28 November 2016 8.0 million recipients of minimum social security benefits at the end of 2015
At the end of 2015, nearly 8.0 million people, that is, 9.7% of the population received minimum social security benefits in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that, as in the two preceding years, both the number and the …