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Active beneficiaries from Social Security receiving benefit by benefit type

Indicator

2020

205,303

Individuals

1985

(R)13,586

Individuals

Unemployment benefit

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Years	Unemployment benefit	Social unemployment benefit	Maternity benefit	Initial parental benefit	Sickness benefit
1978	//	66,438	x	//	x
1979	//	57,884	x	//	x
1980	//	58,683	x	//	x
1981	//	58,869	68,001	//	912,488
1982	//	59,258	67,359	//	830,443
1983	//	57,788	68,031	//	771,514
1984	//	69,832	67,710	//	742,796
1985	(R)13,586	(R)57,765	60,969	//	734,852
1986	(R)24,752	(R)48,675	59,238	//	758,497
1987	28,718	40,169	56,998	//	782,856
1988	24,674	37,548	58,060	//	752,863
1989	29,713	31,908	56,400	//	695,303
1990	41,904	27,373	58,958	//	802,743
1991	57,250	36,580	61,974	//	853,885
1992	83,553	48,644	61,513	//	807,209
1993	113,011	62,973	61,375	//	712,378
1994	112,949	67,867	60,559	//	685,414
1995	103,468	78,592	64,034	//	745,645
1996	101,129	86,075	68,066	//	699,118
1997	92,501	77,687	66,932	//	699,340
1998	86,297	78,020	66,183	//	654,227
1999	95,760	69,581	76,394	//	652,829
2000	98,660	63,932	76,898	//	661,602
2001	110,108	66,992	73,342	//	646,210
2002	127,269	74,547	72,566	//	603,000
2003	190,127	78,601	78,672	//	610,529
2004	221,123	75,835	76,346	//	580,447
2005	231,035	72,799	76,126	//	549,281
2006	219,366	72,767	73,110	//	513,297
2007	174,767	77,442	75,297	//	547,812
2008	181,261	81,017	75,128	//	549,369
2009	244,134	118,565	50,192	80,754	584,836
2010	233,116	62,093	365	149,013	546,121
2011	261,093	56,019	103	152,856	550,989
2012	331,357	68,866	51	141,591	495,705
2013	309,081	67,836	19	131,616	475,590
2014	245,668	60,391	11	127,073	493,476
2015	204,370	56,627	7	137,895	555,376
2016	176,231	46,299	6	147,099	576,791
2017	150,806	32,880	5	144,932	628,719
2018	144,135	28,113	2	150,974	685,845
2019	143,777	26,644	5	157,955	736,828
2020	205,303	36,158	1	160,084	713,612

Sources/Entities: IGFSS/MTSSS (until 1997) | II/MTSSS (as from 1998), PORDATA
Last updated: 2021-07-29

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