Denomination 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015a 2016 2017b 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Number of benefit recipients
in cash 448,820 468,148 480,717 433,958 416,020 410,040 401,908 360,595 331,021 377,327 380,008 304,434 273,855 270,425 330,814 463,599 575,202 609,388 600,190 704,064 681,843 654,008 626,903 609,781
in kind 204,471 176,739 189,434 172,857 177,802 160,375 127,196 103,548 91,632 80,290 72,077 66,911 80,766 90,970 93,388 285,673 343,239 327,955 306,539 283,395 347,873 245,953 217,133 226,914
togetherc 643,366 639,252 665,406 600,090 584,587 563,481 514,556 449,252 418,126 442,589 426,057 353,259 341,555 349,497 411,605 729,830 893,491 922,058 894,175 972,562 1,011,227 885,229 830,312 822,896
recipients per ten thousand inhabitants 630 627 655 592 578 559 511 447 417 442 426 354 344 353 417 741 910 942 915 995 1,037 912 857 858
Number of cases of provision of benefit
in cash 708,938 733,826 762,511 683,915 654,160 669,148 688,593 611,198 558,096 632,283 635,737 521,711 470,687 460,301 589,411 1,116,105 1,851,677 1,775,134 1,724,865 1,787,447 1,676,193 1,567,543 1,485,651 1,414,634
in kind 366,884 312,072 336,717 286,447 287,775 263,359 193,555 149,840 131,730 108,118 101,004 97,296 118,266 132,225 156,412 1,009,971 1,645,953 1,398,089 1,242,112 1,100,887 1,149,715 942,864 849,753 811,039
together 1,075,822 1,045,898 1,099,228 970,362 941,935 932,507 882,148 761,038 689,826 740,401 736,741 619,007 588,953 592,526 745,823 2,126,076 3,497,630 3,173,223 2,966,977 2,888,334 2,825,908 2,510,407 2,335,404 2,225,673
number of cases per recipient 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.8 2.9 3.9 3.4 3.3 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7
Total amount, thousand HUF
in cash 3,538,797 3,762,509 4,180,567 4,018,567 4,354,496 4,567,586 4,584,483 4,043,637 4,106,193 4,634,223 4,761,834 3,686,026 3,198,589 3,360,606 4,995,282 8,801,185 14,003,679 14,519,220 14,301,219 15,681,671 16,114,953 16,748,371 16,847,413 17,470,151
in kind 940,221 805,753 912,569 802,432 911,335 797,759 687,141 629,362 599,842 591,801 556,820 470,062 721,737 924,578 985,095 4,758,240 7,490,591 7,246,563 6,336,062 5,878,495 6,257,117 5,753,795 5,661,839 5,848,177
together 4,479,018 4,568,262 5,093,136 4,820,999 5,265,831 5,365,345 5,271,624 4,672,999 4,706,035 5,226,024 5,318,654 4,156,088 3,920,326 4,285,184 5,980,377 13,559,425 21,494,270 21,765,783 20,637,281 21,560,166 22,372,070 22,502,166 22,509,252 23,318,328
Average annual amount per capita, HUF
in cash 7,885 8,037 8,697 9,260 10,467 11,139 11,407 11,214 12,405 12,282 12,531 12,108 11,680 12,427 15,100 18,984 24,346 23,826 23,828 22,273 23,634 25,609 26,874 28,650
in kind 4,598 4,559 4,817 4,642 5,126 4,974 5,402 6,078 6,546 7,371 7,725 7,025 8,936 10,164 10,548 16,656 21,823 22,096 20,670 20,743 17,987 23,394 26,075 25,773
togetherc 6,962 7,146 7,654 8,034 9,008 9,522 10,245 10,402 11,255 11,808 12,483 11,765 11,478 12,261 14,529 18,579 24,057 23,606 23,080 22,168 22,124 25,420 27,109 28,337
real value of the average amount per capita, previous year = 100.0% 98.9 94.0 101.7 100.3 105.0 102.0 103.6 94.0 102.0 100.7 100.8 90.7 92.3 105.0 x x x 95.8 95.1 92.9 96.6 109.3 93.1 88.9
Average annual amount per case, HUF
in cash 4,992 5,127 5,483 5,876 6,657 6,826 6,658 6,616 7,358 7,329 7,490 7,065 6,796 7,301 8,475 7,886 7,563 8,179 8,291 8,773 9,614 10,684 11,340 12,350
in kind 2,563 2,582 2,710 2,801 3,167 3,029 3,550 4,200 4,554 5,474 5,513 4,831 6,103 6,992 6,298 4,711 4,551 5,183 5,101 5,340 5,442 6,102 6,663 7,211
together 4,163 4,368 4,633 4,968 5,590 5,754 5,976 6,140 6,822 7,058 7,219 6,714 6,656 7,232 8,018 6,378 6,145 6,859 6,956 7,465 7,917 8,964 9,638 10,477
real value of the average amount per capita, previous year = 100.0% 103.6 96.1 100.7 102.4 105.4 99.3 100.0 95.1 104.7 99.3 97.5 89.5 93.8 106.8 x x x 109.0 98.6 103.8 102.7 107.7 93.9 92.4

Footnotes

*Temporary assistance until 2013, local temporary assistance in 2014, local social benefit from 1 March 2015.
aLocal social benefit was introduced on 1 March in 2015, therefore the data refer to the period between March and December.
bThe comparability of data over time is limited because of changes in the methodology of the data collection.
cNo cumulation, a person is included once, regardless of whether he/she received cash and/or in-kind benefit.
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