Benefits 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Regular social assistancea
average monthly number of recipients 47,154 94,779 125,894 138,127 144,853 158,564 159,887 194,779 213,436 71,816 35,894 50,647 38,031 36,900 37,598 37,068 – – – – – – – –
recipients per ten thousand inhabitants 46.2 93.0 123.9 136.4 143.3 157.2 158.8 193.7 212.6 71.7 35.9 50.8 38.3 37.3 38.1 37.7 – – – – – – – –
amount used, thousand HUF 6,256,168 14,807,292 22,131,423 24,879,675 27,575,137 32,329,450 40,055,717 60,080,744 70,041,597 23,111,000 11,537,455 15,819,883 11,548,293 11,215,339 11,406,289 1,946,490 – – – – – – – –
average monthly amount per capita, HUF 11,056 13,019 14,650 15,010 15,864 16,991 20,877 25,705 27,347 26,817 26,786 26,030 25,305 25,328 25,281 26,256 – – – – – – – –
real value of the average amount per capita, previous year = 100.0% 95.1 107.8 106.9 97.9 99.0 103.4 118.3 114.0 100.3 94.1 95.2 93.5 92.0 98.4 100.0 104.0 – – – – – – – –
Health impairment or full-time parenting benefitb
average monthly number of recipients – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 14,018 18,126 19,615 19,943 19,707 19,139 18,564 17,879 16,890
recipients per ten thousand inhabitants – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 14.2 18.5 20.0 20.4 20.2 19.6 19.1 18.5 17.6
amount used, thousand HUF – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3,997,437 5,690,900 6,330,039 6,704,569 6,672,703 6,427,197 6,258,623 6,088,687 5,562,133
average monthly amount per capita, HUF – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 28,516 26,164 26,893 28,016 28,217 27,985 28,094 28,378 27,442
real value of the average amount per capita, previous year = 100.0% – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – x 91.4 100.4 101.3 97.4 96.0 95.5 88.2 82.2
Employment substitution supportc
average monthly number of recipients – – – – – – – – – 167,287 174,539 209,918 236,609 212,699 160,858 158,141 115,568 99,783 86,109 79,344 79,327 80,050 70,855 57,264
recipients per ten thousand inhabitants – – – – – – – – – 166.9 174.5 210.5 238.5 215.0 163.0 160.7 117.8 101.9 88.1 81.2 81.4 82.4 73.2 59.7
amount used, thousand HUF – – – – – – – – – 46,406,530 57,752,601 63,325,363 62,302,260 58,145,555 44,011,131 43,241,979 31,721,362 27,382,626 23,805,975 21,945,480 21,874,118 22,099,481 19,487,495 15,638,992
average monthly amount per capita, HUF – – – – – – – – – 23,117 27,574 25,139 21,943 22,781 22,800 22,787 22,874 22,868 23,039 23,049 22,979 23,006 22,920 22,759
real value of the average amount per capita, previous year = 100.0% – – – – – – – – – x 113.7 87.7 82.6 102.1 100.3 100.0 100.0 97.6 98.0 96.8 96.5 95.3 87.0 84.4
Nursing allowanced
average monthly number of recipients 26,866 29,378 31,368 33,902 36,056 39,843 47,468 52,096 53,347 55,200 56,853 57,970 57,972 58,179 62,972 55,357 53,969 53,273 52,258 33,437 32,768 31,222 28,752 26,021
recipients per ten thousand inhabitants 26.3 28.8 30.9 33.5 35.7 39.5 47.1 51.8 53.1 55.1 56.9 58.1 58.4 58.8 63.8 56.2 55.0 54.4 53.5 34.2 33.6 32.2 29.7 27.1
amount used, thousand HUF 4,368,770 5,292,304 6,387,439 7,876,021 9,127,908 10,993,937 13,882,342 16,136,992 17,432,205 18,176,986 19,489,808 20,461,887 20,681,444 21,493,885 25,851,457 24,883,607 24,565,528 25,816,766 26,916,917 20,174,321 21,122,266 21,365,759 20,628,042 19,331,703
average monthly amount per capita, HUF 13,551 15,012 16,969 19,360 21,097 22,994 24,371 25,813 27,231 27,441 28,567 29,415 29,729 30,787 34,210 37,459 37,931 40,385 42,923 50,279 53,716 57,026 59,788 61,910
real value of the average amount per capita, previous year = 100.0% 98.8 101.4 107.3 109.0 102.0 105.2 102.0 98.1 99.4 96.7 99.2 99.1 95.6 101.8 111.3 109.6 100.9 104.0 103.4 113.3 103.4 101.0 91.6 88.1
Child home car allowancee
average monthly number of recipients – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 20,651 20,033 22,179 25,318 28,168
recipients per ten thousand inhabitants – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 21.1 20.5 22.8 26.1 29.4
amount used, thousand HUF – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 23,654,953 28,433,001 37,517,915 58,758,793 73,489,732
average monthly amount per capita, HUF – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 95,453 118,275 140,968 193,400 217,416
real value of the average amount per capita, previous year = 100.0% – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – x 120.0 113.4 119.8 95.6
Old-age allowance
average monthly number of recipients 8,115 7,748 7,034 6,679 6,610 6,449 6,462 6,328 6,149 6,035 5,802 5,907 6,081 6,175 6,598 6,784 6,958 6,596 6,757 6,825 6,727 6,741 6,557 6,323
recipients per ten thousand inhabitants aged 60 years or over 39.2 37.2 33.5 31.5 30.9 29.9 29.9 29.0 27.8 27.0 25.6 25.6 25.9 25.9 27.0 27.2 27.4 25.7 26.2 26.4 26.0 26.1 25.6 25.0
amount used, thousand HUF 1,422,222 1,516,617 1,533,063 1,536,041 1,611,407 1,655,308 1,867,240 1,946,863 1,983,316 1,932,034 1,909,280 1,913,459 1,946,729 2,035,266 2,130,930 2,227,524 2,243,682 2,268,734 2,371,914 2,471,140 2,502,565 2,596,317 2,641,479 2,893,751
average monthly amount per capita, HUF 14,604 16,312 18,163 19,165 20,315 21,390 24,081 25,638 26,876 26,677 27,421 26,994 26,679 27,468 26,912 27,362 26,870 28,664 29,251 30,174 30,999 32,097 33,569 38,138
real value of the average amount per capita, previous year = 100.0% 97.1 102.3 105.7 100.8 99.3 101.6 108.4 98.6 98.8 95.3 98.0 94.7 93.5 101.2 98.2 101.8 97.8 104.2 99.3 99.8 99.5 98.5 91.3 96.6
Regular child protection benefitf
average monthly number of recipients 786,346 780,296 757,942 704,105 670,167 663,054 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
recipients per ten thousand inhabitants aged 0–24 years 2,446.7 2,489.3 2,475.6 2,352.0 2,286.1 2,303.1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
amount used, thousand HUF 32,421,625 39,265,808 39,452,792 39,756,644 42,111,047 44,710,270 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
average monthly amount per capita, HUF 3,436 4,193 4,338 4,705 5,236 5,619 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
real value of the average amount per capita, previous year = 100.0% 100.3 111.8 98.2 103.6 104.2 103.6 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Regular child protection allowanceg
average number of recipients – – – – – – 444,760 489,966 513,070 553,664 598,506 592,375 572,184 547,633 494,311 442,238 392,555 340,645 298,203 263,216 242,025 250,528 223,998 195,971
recipients per ten thousand inhabitants aged 0–24 years – – – – – – 1,568.3 1,750.6 1,854.1 2,019.7 2,208.9 2,219.5 2,166.7 2,095.9 1,911.2 1,727.9 1,552.5 1,361.9 1,202.3 1,069.8 992.4 1,034.7 928.0 817.9
amount used, thousand HUF – – – – – – 4,410,054 4,896,505 5,641,053 6,395,922 6,898,933 6,839,311 6,613,113 6,353,494 5,736,690 5,130,457 4,557,178 4,302,303 3,785,176 3,349,892 3,089,341 3,202,096 2,866,256 2,515,204
average amount per capita, HUF – – – – – – 4,958 4,997 5,497 5,776 5,763 5,773 5,779 5,801 5,803 5,801 5,805 6,315 6,347 6,363 6,382 6,391 6,398 6,417
real value of the average amount per capita, previous year = 100.0% – – – – – – x 93.3 103.7 100.8 95.1 96.4 94.7 98.7 100.2 100.1 99.7 106.2 97.8 97.0 97.1 95.3 87.4 85.3
Benefit in cash provided to recipients of regular child protection allowanceh
average monthly number of recipients – – – – – – 1,552 1,520 1,507 1,447 1,362 1,259 1,166 1,131 872 672 622 491 430 343 330 316 212 149
amount used, thousand HUF – – – – – – 112,979 128,364 131,061 129,146 124,668 112,804 105,662 102,885 79,756 61,420 56,412 44,715 38,784 31,016 29,914 28,686 19,340 13,544
average monthly amount per capita, HUF – – – – – – 5,200 6,032 6,212 6,375 6,540 6,402 6,471 6,498 6,531 6,531 6,476 6,510 6,447 6,450 6,467 6,493 6,513 6,511
real value of the average amount per capita, previous year = 100.0% – – – – – – x 107.4 97.1 98.5 97.8 94.2 95.6 98.7 100.7 100.1 98.8 98.2 96.3 96.8 97.1 95.5 87.6 85.0

Footnotes

aThe criteria of eligibility for regular social assistance changed on 1 July 2006. Because of the introduction of active age benefit there was another change on 1 January 2009 in the provision of regular social assistance. Regular social assistance exists no more from 1 March 2015. The 2015 data refer to the period of January to February. The comparability of data is limited over time.
bThe health impairment or full-time parenting benefit was introduced on 1 March 2015. The 2015 data refer to the period between March and December.
cAvailability support, introduced in 2009, was replaced by wage replacement allowance on 1 January 2011, which was renamed employment substitution support on 1 September 2011. The comparability of data on employment substitution support is limited over time due to legislative changes related to active age benefit on 1 March 2015.
dNursing allowance provided under the principle of equity was ceased from 1 March 2015.The data for 2015 refer only to nursing allowance provided on universal basis. From 1. January 2019 a part of recipients became entitled for child home care allowance.
eThe allowance was introduced on 1 January 2019. It can be provided to parents caring for their child unable for self-care due to serious disability or to chronic illness.
fRegular child protection benefit, it was a regular monthly benefit until 2005. From 2006 a part of it was included in the family allowance, while the benefit in kind remained as a regular child protection allowance.
gRegular child protection allowance, a form of benefit introduced from 2006, the remaining in-kind part of the child protection benefit that was ceased. It can be awarded twice a year (August, November). Cash benefit from 2019.
hSupplementary child protection benefit from 2006 to 2013. From 1 April 2013, it became a benefit linked to the regular child protection allowance, available to a narrower group of beneficiaries. It is a regular monthly benefit, plus a supplementary allowance that may be granted twice a year.

Explanation of symbols

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Non-occurrence.
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Break in series (limited comparability).
x
Not applicable.
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