Social care protection
Certain members of the society are entitled to certain benefits, provided in cash, in kind or as institutional social services, on a universal basis or on the basis of need or the principle of merit. Welfare statistics takes into account the system of institutions and benefits related to illness, old age, survivors, child raising, family and children, unemployment, housing and social exclusion, as well as the sources of their maintenance.
Key figures
Social protection benefits as a percentage of GDP
Indicator description
Social protection benefits calculated according to the EU methodology as a percentage of the gross domestic product.
Source of data:
Summary Tables (STADAT)
Last data for period: 2021
The pensions and other provisions as a percentage of average net nominal earnings
Indicator description
Average monthly amount of benefits in cash per recipient paid by the Pension Payment Directorate as a percentage of average net nominal earnings.
Source of data:
Summary Tables (STADAT)
Last data for period: 2021
Number of active places in infant nurseries
Indicator description
Number of active places in infant nurseries (on 1 May of the reference year; infant nursery, mini infant nursery, workplace infant nursery, family infant nursery together).
Source of data:
Summary Tables (STADAT)
Last data for period: 2022
Expenditure on family benefits as a percentage of GDP
Indicator description
Total amount of expenditure spent on family allowance, maternity allowance, child care allowance, child raising support, infant care benefit and child care as a percentage of GDP.
Source of data:
Summary Tables (STADAT)
Last data for period: 2021
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Yearbook of Welfare Statistics, 2021
In 2020 social protection benefits increased by 11.9% due to the Covid19 pandemic, and more than half of these funds served health care and protection. Compared to the previous year, fewer minors were in legal guardianship and more adoptions were completed in 2021. After a stop in the previous year, the data on beneficiaries of old people’s homes rose again according to the years-long trend. The pension increases and the first instalment of the 13th month pension raised pensions by 7%.
Statistical Yearbook of Hungary, 2021
The approximately 500 tables, graphs and maps and tens of thousands of data the Statistical Yearbook of Hungary contains give, for almost one and a half century, an overview of the social and economic processes of the country in the given year. Besides paying attention to the ever changing socio-economic environment and user demands we always strive to share new information: the health chapter broadened this year with indices regarding outpatient care, time series of healthcare expenses, life expectancy in good health and the number of Covid19 infected people.
Statistical Yearbook of Hungary, 2021
The approximately 500 tables, graphs and maps and tens of thousands of data the Statistical Yearbook of Hungary contains give, for almost one and a half century, an overview of the social and economic processes of the country in the given year. Besides paying attention to the ever changing socio-economic environment and user demands we always strive to share new information: the health chapter broadened this year with indices regarding outpatient care, time series of healthcare expenses, life expectancy in good health and the number of Covid19 infected people.
Settlement and district related data regarding 2021 are presented here
Datasets from the Dissemination Database regarding settlements and Budapest’s districts have been updated with 2021 data, as such settlement and district related data for 2021 are available since 31 August, concerning, among others, data on basic child welfare provision and long- and short-term residential social institutions.
Average daily number of sick pay recipients has followed the trend over the last two months
The average daily number of sick pay recipients was exceptionally high in November and December 2020, approaching the seasonal trend in January and merging into that in February and March. In March, 2.2% more people (71.8 thousands) were on sick leave per day than in the same period last year. The average daily number of employed sick pay recipients - nearly nine tenths of all sick pay recipients - rose by 2.9%, while the average daily number of self-employed sick pay recipients fell by 3.1%.
Related themes
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Hungary, Quarter 3 2022 | 06/02/2023 |
Regional Statistical Yearbook of Hungary, 2021 | 10/01/2023 |
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