Cash benefits
How many people in Denmark receive cash benefits and what is the total amount of cash benefits paid out? The statistics is published each quarter and in an expanded yearly version. ,
Seasonal adjustment
, Time series assessed on a monthly or quarterly basis are often affected by phenomena that appear at the same time every year. The time series are said to be subject to seasonal effects. When making a seasonal adjustment, you try to remove seasonal effects from the time series., Cash benefit recipients, The figure shows a significant decrease since 2015, only interrupted by the COVID-19-lockdown in the spring of 2020 and the influx of Ukrainian refugees in the late spring of 2022., In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Cash benefits (seasonal adjustment) (KYS01), More about the figure, Last update, 10.12.2025, Next update, 13.3.2026, Source data, The statistics are based on data from KY ("Kommunernes Ydelsessystem"). The records are based on an authorized account plan made by the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Interior., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Cash Benefits, Development in paid cash benefit payments, The figure shows the total cash benefit payments disbursed since 2016., In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Cash benefits (persons and amount) (KY23), More about the figure, Last update, 10.12.2025, Next update, 13.3.2026, Source data, The statistics are based on data from KY ("Kommunernes Ydelsessystem"). The records are based on an authorized account plan made by the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Interior., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Cash Benefits, Cash benefit recipients by benefit type, The figure shows the share of all recipients of cash benefit payments who receive each of the four reported benefit types. Mark the different sections of the pie chart to see the number of recipients., In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Cash benefits (persons and amount) (KY23), More about the figure, Last update, 10.12.2025, Next update, 13.3.2026, Source data, The statistics are based on data from KY ("Kommunernes Ydelsessystem"). The records are based on an authorized account plan made by the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Interior., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Cash Benefits, On the statistics – documentation, sources and method, Gain an overview of the purpose, contents and quality of the statistics. Learn about the data sources of the statistics, the contents of the statistics and how often they are published., See the documentation of statistics to learn more:, Cash Benefits, The purpose of the statistics Cash Benefits is to measure the number of recipients (actual figures and seasonally adjusted), whole year persons and the amounts paid to person’s who receive cash benefits and related benefits. The statistics are used to public planning, budgeting in the municipalities, education, research and public debate. These statistics have been compiled since 1983, but is in its current form comparable from 2007 and onwards., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Cash Benefits, Need more data on Cash benefits?, Go on searching on your own in the Statbank and find more detailed figures, for example, cash benefit recipients broken down by gender, age, geography, visitation category, and origin. In the annual tables, you will also find distribution by family type and separate compilations on ‘Assistance in special cases’., Go to the StatBank, Contact, Carsten Bo Nielsen, Phone: +45 23 74 60 17, Mail: , can@dst.dk
https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/sociale-forhold/offentligt-forsoergede/kontanthjaelp
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