| Characteristic | West Germany | East Germany |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2.26 | 1.3 |
| 2006 | 2.55 | 1.42 |
| 2007 | 2.39 | 1.33 |
| 2008 | 2.3 | 1.28 |
| 2009 | 2.32 | 1.24 |
| 2010 | 2.37 | 1.22 |
| 2011 | 2.27 | 1.16 |
| 2012 | 2.21 | 1.12 |
| 2013 | 2.24 | 1.1 |
| 2014 | 2.25 | 1.06 |
| 2015 | 2.27 | 1.02 |
| 2016 | 2.3 | 0.97 |
| 2017 | 2.34 | 0.92 |
| 2018 | 2.25 | 0.85 |
| 2019 | 2.13 | 0.78 |
| 2020 | 2.15 | 0.76 |
| 2021 | 2.1 | 0.73 |
| 2022 | 2.08 | 0.69 |
| 2023 | 2.19 | 0.71 |
| 2024 | 2.22 | 0.71 |
| 2025* | 2.2 | 0.7 |
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Release date
September 2025
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Region
Germany
Survey time period
2005 to 2025*
Supplementary notes
* Annual averages; the value for 2025 refers to the period from January to September and is preliminary.
The figures were rounded.
- 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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