Expenditure on social assistance

Description of statistics

The statistics on expenditure on social assistance include data on gross expenditure on social assistance as well as estimates of the number of households receiving social assistance by municipality, region and regional state administrative agency. Expenditure is even given per household, i.e. the gross expenditure on social assistance in the region is divided by the number of households in the region that have been granted social assistance.

In addition, expenditure is given per capita, i.e. the gross expenditure on social assistance is divided by the population figure on the last day of the statistical year. Data are collected as municipality-specific summed-up data. The data cover the whole year.

The municipality-specific data on expenditure are final, while the numbers of recipient households are only estimates that are confirmed later on the basis of the national data in the annual statistics on social assistance. The final data on recipient households will be published later in the autumn in a separate annual statistics on social assistance.

The statistics on expenditure on social assistance are published in May–June.