Social Protection

Social expenditure by function

	Net expenditure, € million
	2000	%	2005	%	2006	%	2007	%	2008	%	2009	%	2010	%	2011	%
Sickness and health	7 637	23,0	10 528	25,1	11 139	25,4	11 683	25,6	12 654	26,1	13 078	24,9	13 468	24,6	14 156	25,0
Disability¹⁾	4 467	13,5	5 262	12,5	5 369	12,3	5 570	12,2	I 5 947	12,2	6 244	11,9	6 419	11,7	6 558	11,6
Old age¹⁾	10 233	30,9	13 697	32,6	14 531	33,2	15 451	33,9	I 16 301	33,6	17 989	34,3	19 116	35,0	20 384	36,0
Survivors	1 276	3,9	1 470	3,5	1 507	3,4	1 549	3,4	1 591	3,3	1 666	3,2	1 724	3,2	1 700	3,0
Family and children	4 007	12,1	4 705	11,2	4 848	11,1	5 101	11,2	5 414	11,1	5 687	10,8	5 845	10,7	6 095	10,8
Unemployment	3 372	10,2	3 770	9,0	3 622	8,3	3 430	7,5	3 346	6,9	4 147	7,9	4 370	8,0	3 879	6,8
Housing ¹⁾	467	1,4	437	1,0	439	1,0	431	0,9	I 778	1,6	852	1,6	923	1,7	973	1,7
Other social protection	671	2,0	813	1,9	950	2,2	984	2,2	1 054	2,2	1 234	2,4	1 301	2,4	1 444	2,5
Administration	1 011	3,1	1 318	3,1	1 397	3,2	1 415	3,1	1 485	3,1	1 530	2,9	1 480	2,7	1 506	2,7
Total of social expenditure	33 142	100	42 001	100	43 802	100	45 615	100	48 572	100	52 427	100	54 645	100	56 695	100
As % of GDP	25,1		26,7		26,4		25,4		26,2		30,4		30,6		29,9
1) The National Pensions Act was revised on 1 January 2008, which also brought changes to the legislation on pensions and disability allowances. l line across a time series shows substantial breaks in the homogeneity of a series

Table in Excel format suoluk_sosi1.xls

Last updated: 4.4.2013

Pension category	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Old-age pension	869 672	875 598	889 629	901 931	917 276	940 037	964 382	978 278	1 005 277	1 048 379	1 093 267	1 134 942
Unemployment pension	54 291	58 022	57 593	55 707	52 898	50 933	47 671	50 263	50 770	46 602	33 938	23 017
Disability pension	276 269	267 906	267 204	267 140	266 972	269 428	267 383	271 624	272 878	272 326	267 248	260 453
Part-time pension	24 533	29 073	39 542	41 195	36 438	32 502	30 642	29 988	29 140	27 887	28 764	27 521
Special pensions for farmers	40 845	39 332	37 729	35 687	33 759	32 421	30 556	29 316	27 850	26 298	24 330	22 152
Surviving spouse's pension	252 798	255 287	257 066	259 043	260 283	261 761	262 642	263 400	263 512	263 818	263 176	262 692
Orphan's pension	28 476	28 072	27 671	26 871	26 109	25 694	25 058	24 489	23 893	23 344	22 503	21 808
Total¹⁾	1 284 145	1 296 478	1 317 300	1 329 988	1 338 002	1 356 286	1 371 944	1 389 832	1 414 200	1 443 189	1 463 835	1 483 041
The average total pension of the pension recipients in 2011 was €1 328 per month, €1 522 for males and €1 175 for females. 1) The same individual may be the beneficiary of more than one type of pension

Table in Excel format suoluk_sosi2.xls

Last updated: 21.3.2012 Corrected on 18 September 2012. The number indicated in red is corrected.

Last updated 4.4.2013

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