Press release: 12.312-152/20
Vienna, 2020-09-01
– A total of 267 683 persons were supported
by the minimum income scheme ("Mindestsicherung") in 2019,
as Statistics Austria reports. After the strong annual growth until 2016
and a stagnation in 2017, the number of supported persons decreased
by 21 963 (-7.6%) compared to the previous year. The minimum income scheme
comprises benefits to ensure people's means of subsistence and housing
needs, and to afford protection in case of sickness, pregnancy and childbirth.
The total expenditure
(subsistence, housing needs, protection in case of sickness) in 2019
amounted to €913 million (-28 million or -3.0% compared to 2018). The
major part thereof (€607 million) was spent in Vienna. This corresponds
with the fact that also most recipients lived in Vienna (64%, annual
average).
Data on the minimum income are based on information
submitted by the Länder according to an informal agreement.
For more detailed information please refer to the German
version.
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