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Press release No. 130 of 12 April 2017 1,026,000 recipients of basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity in December 2016

In December 2016, roughly 1,026,000 people aged 18 or over in Germany 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), Chapter 4. The Federal …

Press release No. 136 of 19 April 2016 1,038,000 recipients of basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity in December 2015

In December 2015, roughly 1,038,000 people aged 18 or over in Germany received basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity in accordance with the German Social Code, Book XII, Chapter 4 (SGB XII). The Federal …

Press release No. 114 of 28 March 2018 1,059,000 recipients of basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity in December 2017

In December 2017, just under 1,059,000 people aged 18 or over in Germany received basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity in accordance with the German Social Code, Book XII, Chapter 4 (SGB XII). The Federal …

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. 298 of 13 August 2018 17.2 billion euros spent on integration assistance for disabled people in 2017

In 2017, 17.2 billion euros (in net terms) were spent in Germany on integration assistance for disabled people in accordance with the German Social Code, Book XII, Chapter 6 (SGB XII). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this …

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. 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. 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. 458 of 16 December 2016 25% more young people placed in residential care in 2015

In 2015, 49.500 children, young people and young adults were placed in residential care or in supported housing. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), this was an increase of 25% from a year earlier. The relevant number of boys …

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. 401 of 17 October 2018 33.6% of children under three years in day care on 1 March 2018

Compared with a year earlier, the number of children under three years who were cared for in day care centres increased by roughly 27,200 to stand at a total of 789,600 on 1 March 2018. The increase was less marked than in the preceding year (2017: …

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. 304 of 31 August 2017 374.000 people received subsistence payments at the end of 2016

At the end of 2016, roughly 374,000 people in Germany received subsistence payments in accordance with the 3^rd Chapter of the Twelfth Book of the Social Code (SGB XII on public assistance). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that …

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. 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. 311 of 22 August 2018 61,400 children and young people were taken into care in 2017

In 2017, the youth welfare offices in Germany took temporary measures for the protection of roughly 61.400 children and young people, by taking them into care. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the majority of such measures …

Press release No. 381 of 24 October 2016 7.6 million severely disabled people are living in Germany

At the end of 2015, roughly 7.6 million severely disabled people were living in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of around 67,000 or 0.9% compared with the end of 2013. Accordingly, 9.3% of …

Press release No. 228 of 25 June 2018 7.8 million severely disabled people living in Germany

At the end of 2017, roughly 7.8 million severely disabled people were living in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of approximately 151,000 or 2.0% compared with the end of 2015. Accordingly, …

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 …

Press release No. 345 of 28 September 2016 719,600 children under three years in day care on 1 March 2016

Compared with a year earlier, the number of children under three years who were cared for in day care centres increased by roughly 26,200 to stand at almost 719,600 on 1 March 2016. The increase was less marked than in the preceding years (2015: …

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 …

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. 294 of 25 August 2016 8.7 million euros spent as part of the education and participation package for young asylum-seekers in first quarter of 2016

In the first quarter of 2016, general government in Germany spent just under 8.7 million euros on benefits of the education and participation package in accordance with the Act on Benefits for Asylum-seekers. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) …

Press release No. 290 of 23 August 2017 84,200 children and young people were taken into care in 2016

In 2016, the youth welfare offices in Germany took temporary measures for the protection of 84,200 children and young people by taking them into care. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 6,600 or 8.5% …

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 …

Date: July 19, 2023 Adoptions, time series

This table contains: Adoptions, time series 1991 to 2020

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. 359 of 16 September 2019 Benefits for asylum seekers in 2018: number of people entitled to benefits declined by 12%

At the end of 2018, roughly 411,000 people in Germany received standard benefits in accordance with the Act on Benefits for Asylum Seekers (AsylbLG). That was a 12% decrease compared with 2017 (469,000 people). The number of recipients declined for …

Press release No. 312 of 23 August 2018 Benefits for asylum seekers, 2017: roughly 469,000 people entitled to benefits

At the end of 2017, a total of 469,000 people received standard benefits in accordance with the Act on Benefits for Asylum Seekers (AsylbLG). That was a 36% decrease compared with the previous year (728,000 people). The number of recipients went down …

Press release No. 408 of 15 October 2020 Benefits for asylum seekers, 2019: number of people entitled to benefits down 6%

At the end of 2019, roughly 385,000 people in Germany received standard benefits in accordance with the Act on Benefits for Asylum Seekers (AsylbLG). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a 6% decline on 2018 (411,000 …

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. 304 of 5 September 2016 Benefits for asylum seekers: number of entitled persons up 169% in 2015

At the end of 2015, a total of 975,000 people in Germany received standard benefits in accordance with the Act on Benefits for Asylum-Seekers (AsylbLG). This was a 169% increase compared with the previous year (363,000 people). 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 …

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. 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. 328 of 27 August 2020 Child protection: youth welfare offices again reporting a 10% increase in child endangerment

In 2019, the youth welfare offices in Germany recognised an endangerment of the best interests of a child or young person in roughly 55,500 cases. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of about 5,100 cases, or …

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. 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. 483 of 14 October 2020 Childcare: parents pay an average of 1,310 euros per year

Childcare is far from being available free of charge everywhere in Germany. This is why childcare is also a question of costs to many parents. Based on a new special evaluation of data from the wage and income tax statistics, the Federal Statistical …

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 30, 2024 Children and youth welfare

Tables on the subject: Children receiving publicly funded day care by child minders on 1st March 2024, by Land

Date: September 30, 2024 Children and youth welfare

1Tables on the subject: Persons employed in day care for children, 1st March 2024, by selected characteristics.

Press release No. 379 of 26 September 2019 Children under three years in day care in March 2019: +3.7% on a year earlier

Compared with a year earlier, the number of children under three years who were cared for in day care centres increased by roughly 28,900 to stand at a total of 818,500 on 1 March 2019. This means that the number of children under three years in day …

Press release No. 054 of 15 February 2017 Continued increase in participation rate of fathers regarding parental allowance

For more than one in three children (35.7%) born in Germany in the second quarter of 2015, fathers received parental allowance. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the participation rate of fathers, as it is called, increased by …

Press release No. 212 of 21 June 2016 Continued increase in proportion of fathers receiving parental allowance

For more than one in three children (34.2%) born in Germany in 2014, not only mothers, but also fathers received parental allowance. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the participation rate of fathers, as it is called, …

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 …

Press release No. 337 of 6 September 2019 Danger to a child’s best interests in 2018:
youth welfare offices report a 10% increase in cases

In 2018, the youth welfare offices in Germany recognised an endangerment of the best interests of a child or young person in roughly 50,400 cases. This was an increase of about 4,700 cases, or 10%, compared with a year earlier. The Federal …

Press release No. 130 of 3 April 2019 December 2018: 1.9% more people received basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity

In December 2018, just under 1,079,000 people aged 18 or over in Germany 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 …

Press release No. 140 of 22 April 2020 December 2019: 0.6% more people received basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity

In December 2019, roughly 1,085,000 people in Germany 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 …

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 …