| Characteristic | Number of people in benefit communities in millions |
|---|---|
| Total number of people in benefit communities | 5.6 |
| Of whom: those not entitled to benefits | 0.21 |
| Of whom: those entitled to benefits | 5.39 |
| Among beneficiaries: other beneficiaries | 0.06 |
| Among beneficiaries: those entitled to standard benefits | 5.33 |
| Among those entitled to standard benefits: employable beneficiaries | 3.91 |
| Among those entitled to standard benefits: non-employable beneficiaries | 1.42 |
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Release date
September 2025
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Region
Germany
Survey time period
June 2025
Supplementary notes
The values have been rounded, so totals may differ slightly from the sum of individual values.
* The German term is "Bedarfsgemeinschaften" which is a legal term from German social law, particularly under the Second Book of the Social Code (SGB II), which pertains to basic income support for jobseekers. It refers to a household community where the members are economically dependent on one another and are considered together when determining eligibility and the number of social benefits.
Examples of this are:
- Spouses who are not permanently separated
- Registered same-sex life partners who are not permanently separated
- People in a community of responsibility and commitment (鈥渕arriage-like community鈥).
- The benefit community also includes children who live in the household and are younger than 25 years old. Requirement: They are unmarried, able to work and cannot support themselves from their own income. Children's income includes, for example, child benefit or maintenance payments. 聽
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