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Date: November 3, 2015 398,000 people received subsistence payments at the end of 2015

At the end of 2014, roughly 382,000 persons entitled to subsistence payments in accordance with the 3rd Chapter of the Twelfth Book of the Social Code (SGB XII on public assistance) received such benefits in Germany. The number of recipients rose by …

Press release No. 555 of 21 December 2022 Benefits for asylum seekers, 2021: number of people entitled to benefits up 4.3%

At the end of 2021, roughly 399,000 people in Germany received standard benefits in accordance with the Act on Benefits for Asylum Seekers (AsylbLG). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of recipients increased by 4.3%, …

Press release No. 535 of 14 December 2022 Youth work in 2021: Covid pandemic leads to all time low in number of offers and participants

The Covid-19 pandemic strongly affected everyday life of young people not only at school and day care centres but also regarding leisure and recreation opportunities. Roughly 4.4 million children, adolescents and young adults in Germany participated …

Press release No. 514 of 5 December 2022 Number of households receiving housing allowance down 3.7% in 2021

Approximately 595,300 households in Germany received housing allowance at the end of 2021. They accounted for 1.5% of all main residence households. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of recipient households …

Press release No. N 067 of 17 November 2022 10.5% of Germany's population lived in overcrowded dwellings in 2021

400,000 new dwellings, including 100,000 social dwellings, will be constructed every year to counteract the lack of affordable dwellings, according to Federal Government plans. Roughly 8.6% million people in Germany lived in overcrowded dwellings in …

Press release No. 454 of 27 October 2022 210,000 young people lived in residential homes or foster families in 2021

In 2021, approximately 122,700 young people lived in a residential home and roughly 87,300 in a foster family in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that 210,000 young people were thus raised, at least temporarily, outside …

Press release No. 451 of 21 October 2022 35.5% of children under three in day care on 1 March 2022

Compared with a year earlier, the number of children under three years in day care increased by roughly 28,800 to stand at a total of 838,700 on 1 March 2022. This means that the number of children under three in day care rose by 3.6% from 1 March …

Press release No. N 062 of 5 October 2022 One fifth of the population in Germany had an annual net income of less than 16,300 euros in 2021

Introducing an electricity price freeze, raising the children's allowance, one-off payments to students and pensioners and a higher housing allowance for more people entitled – the Federal Government has adopted a variety of measures as part of the …

Press release No. N 061 of 29 September 2022 More than one quarter of pensioners have a monthly net income of under 1,000 euros

The third relief package of the Federal Government will support pensioners through a one-time energy price allowance. The focus is on those with lower income. 4.9 million pensioners had a personal monthly net income of under 1,000 euros in 2021, as …

Press release No. 354 of 19 August 2022 Public assistance expenditure up 6.5% in 2021

In 2021, German public assistance institutions spent a net amount of 15.3 billion euros on public assistance benefits in accordance with the Social Code, Book XII (SGB XII). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that expenditure rose …

Press release No. 340 of 11 August 2022 Child protection: child endangerment remained at a high level in 2021

Following the record level of child endangerment in 2020, the first Covid year, the number of cases of acute danger to a child's best interests declined slightly in the second year of the pandemic. In 2021, the youth welfare offices in Germany …

Press release No. 327 of 4 August 2022 Relative risk of poverty in Germany at 15.8% in 2021

Roughly 13.0 million people in Germany were at risk of poverty in 2021. This is 15.8% of Germany's population. The proportion of people at risk of poverty in the population thus is at roughly the same level as a year earlier, as reported by the …

Press release No. 315 of 27 July 2022 Child protection: youth welfare offices took 5% more children and young people into care in 2021

Following a four-year decline, the number of cases where children and young people were taken into care went up again in Germany. In 2021, the youth welfare offices took 47,500 children and young people into care temporarily to protect them. The …

Press release No. 299 of 14 July 2022 Roughly 178,000 homeless people accommodated in Germany at the end of January 2022

As at 31 January 2022, approximately 178,000 people were reported as homeless in Germany and accommodated, for example, in temporary overnight accommodation facilities, emergency shelters or collective living quarters. The Federal Statistical Office …

Press release No. 277 of 1 July 2022 Roughly 23,700 prostitutes registered with authorities at the end of 2021

At the end of 2021, approximately 23,700 prostitutes had valid registrations with the authorities in Germany in accordance with the Prostitute Protection Act (ProstSchG). This was a decrease of 5% compared with a year earlier. The Federal Statistical …

Date: June 28, 2022 Parental allowance

Tables on the subject:: Recipients in 2021, by sex, mode of receipt and Land (with or without allowance 'Plus')

Date: June 27, 2022 Parental allowance

2Tables on the subject: Recipients in the 1st Recipientsquarter of 2022, by sex, mode of receipt and Land (with or without allowance 'Plus')

Press release No. 261 of 23 June 2022 Increasing number of stepfathers and stepmothers adopting children under 3

3,843 children were adopted in Germany in 2021. This was an increase of 2% on the previous year (+69 cases). Two thirds of these children were adopted by their stepfathers or stepmothers. An increasing number was adopted as babies or young children …

Date: May 2, 2022 Parental allowance

Tables on the subject: Recipients in the 4th Recipientsquarter of 2021, by sex, mode of receipt and Land (with or without allowance 'Plus')

Press release No. 180 of 28 April 2022 2.2% more people received basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity in December 2021

In December 2021, well over 1.1 million people received basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity in accordance with the German Social Code, Book XII (SGB XII). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that …

Press release No. 141 of 31 March 2022 Parental allowance in 2021: increase in proportion of fathers continues

Roughly 1.9 million women and men in Germany received parental allowance in 2021. That was an increase of roughly 7,800, or 0.4%, compared with 2020. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of men who received parental …

Date: January 12, 2022 Facilities and persons employed

This table contains:: Facilities and persons employed (not including child day care centres) on 31.12.2020

Date: December 17, 2021 Parental allowance

Tables on the subject: Recipients in the 3rd Recipientsquarter of 2021, by sex, mode of receipt and Land (with or without allowance 'Plus')

Press release No. 517 of 12 November 2021 Number of households receiving housing allowance up 22.6% in 2020

At the end of 2020, roughly 618,200 households in Germany received housing allowance. They accounted for 1.5% of all main residence households. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of recipient households increased …

Press release No. 506 of 4 November 2021 8.5 million people in Germany lived in overcrowded dwellings in 2020

Activities outside the home were strongly limited for some periods in 2020 because of the measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic. This may have been particularly stressful for people living in dwellings that are considered as overcrowded by …

Press release No. 502 of 29 October 2021 5% fewer cases of educational assistance in the corona year of 2020

In the corona year of 2020, the children and youth welfare institutions in Germany granted educational assistance for young people under 27 in roughly 963,000 cases. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decrease of …

Press release No. 449 of 23 September 2021 Staff employed in day care for children up 3.2% in 2021 on the previous year

Compared with a year earlier, the number of persons employed in day care for children increased by 23,435, or 3.2%, to stand at a total of 751,159 on 1 March 2021. 708,136 people were employed as educational staff or management and administrative …

Date: September 23, 2021 Public children and youth welfare

Tables on the subject: Child minders, by selected characteristics. For year 2020 to 2021

Date: September 23, 2021 Children and youth welfare

Tables on the subject: Children in day care, by selected characteristics. For year 2020 to 2021

Date: September 22, 2021 Parental allowance

Tables on the subject: Recipients in the 2nd Recipientsquarter of 2021, by sex, mode of receipt and Land (with or without allowance 'Plus')

Press release No. 439 of 17 September 2021 Child protection: schools and day care centres reported markedly fewer cases in spring 2020

In the corona year of 2020, the youth welfare offices in Germany recognised an endangerment of the best interests of a child or young person in 60,551 cases. For another 66,557 minors, the authorities came to the conclusion that, although there was …

Press release No. 392 of 19 August 2021 Public assistance expenditure up 6.5% in 2020

In 2020, German public assistance institutions spent a net amount of 14.4 billion euros on public assistance benefits in accordance with the Social Code, Book XII (SGB XII). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that expenditure rose …

Press release No. 367 of 4 August 2021 Benefits for asylum seekers down 4.7% in 2020

In 2020 government agencies in Germany spent 4.2 billion euros in gross terms on benefits paid in accordance with the Act on Benefits for Asylum Seekers (AsylbLG). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a year-on-year decline …

Press release No. 350 of 21 July 2021 9% more cases: youth welfare offices report all-time high in child endangerment cases in 2020

In 2020, the youth welfare offices in Germany recognised an endangerment of the best interests of a child or young person in almost 60,600 cases. That was an increase of roughly 5,000 cases, or 9%, compared with 2019. The Federal Statistical Office …

Press release No. 316 of 5 July 2021 Increasing number of adopted infants and young children

In 2020, nearly one in two children (48%) of the total of 3,774 children adopted were infants or young children aged under three years. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the proportion of adopted children under the age of three …

Press release No. 314 of 1 July 2021 Roughly 24,900 prostitutes registered with authorities at the end of 2020

At the end of 2020, approximately 24.900 prostitutes had valid registrations with the authorities in Germany in accordance with the Prostitute Protection Act (ProstSchG). This was a decrease of 38% compared with a year earlier. The Federal …

Date: June 29, 2021 Parental allowance

Tables on the subject: Recipients in the 1st Recipientsquarter of 2021, by sex, mode of receipt and Land (with or without allowance 'Plus')

Press release No. 295 of 24 June 2021 Child protection: youth welfare offices took roughly 45,400 children into care in 2020

In 2020, the youth welfare offices in Germany took roughly 45,400 children and young people temporarily into care to protect them. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that acute child endangerment accounted for two thirds (67%) of these …

Press release No. N 027 of 4 May 2021 More and more integration assistance for emotionally disabled children and young people

The emotional and social problems of children and young people play an increasing role, and it started before the coronavirus pandemic. In 2019, the children and youth welfare institutions granted integration assistance for emotionally disabled …

Press release No. 188 of 14 April 2021 December 2020: 1.3% more people received basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity

In December 2020, just under 1.1 million people received basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity in accordance with the German Social Code, Book XII (SGB XII). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports …

Date: March 26, 2021 Parental allowance

Tables on the subject: Recipients in 2018, by sex, mode of receipt and Land (with or without allowance 'Plus')

Date: March 25, 2021 Parental allowance

Tables on the subject: Recipients in 2020, by sex, mode of receipt and Land (with or without allowance 'Plus')

Date: March 25, 2021 Parental allowance

Tables on the subject: Recipients in the 4th Recipientsquarter of 2020, by sex, mode of receipt and Land (with or without allowance 'Plus')

Press release No. 146 of 25 March 2021 Parental allowance 2020: proportion of fathers up to just under 25%

Roughly 1.9 million women and men in Germany received parental allowance in 2020. That was a decrease of roughly 4,000, or 0.2%, compared with 2019. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of male recipients of parental …

Press release No. N 014 of 19 February 2021 2.8 million pupils taught at primary schools in Germany in the current school year of 2020/21

Since mid-December 2020, distance learning has been part of the school routine in all of Germany. Now most Länder plan to resume in-school teaching at least of younger pupils on Monday next week. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports …

Press release No. 047 of 2 February 2021 Publicly supported youth work reached nearly 8.6 million young people in 2019

From the perspective of children and young people, the coronavirus pandemic does not only affect schools and day care centres. The possibilities for leisure and recreation are also seriously limited. The rules of infection control have put a stop to …

Press release No. N 008 of 28 January 2021 3.1 million persons in employment at risk of poverty in Germany in 2019

Many persons in employment have incurred severe income losses due to the coronavirus pandemic, for example because of short-time work. Even before the crisis, employment did not protect all persons in employment from the risk of poverty. The Federal …

Press release No. 004 of 6 January 2021 Child endangerment: several types of violence or neglect recorded for one in five cases

In 2019, the youth welfare offices in Germany recorded roughly 55,500 cases of child endangerment, which for the second time in a row was 10% more cases than in the previous year. A new evaluation of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) shows …

Date: December 15, 2020 People in need of long-term care

Tables on the subject: People in need of long-term care in 2019, by type of care, sex and care level.

Date: December 15, 2020 Staff in nursing care facilities

Tables on the subject: Staff in care homes and home care services 2009 to 2019