Statistical Offices of the Länder and the Federal Statistical Office

Social security schemes – Benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity

Regional breakdown	31.12.2008				2008
	Recipients of benefits			Share of recipients of benefits in the relevant population	Net expenditure for basic security benefits
	total	male	female	Share of recipients of benefits in the relevant population	total	outside institutions	in institutions
	number			%	1,000 EUR
Baden-Württemberg	74,390	32,890	41,500	0.84	368,996	255,383	113,613
Bayern	88,570	38,503	50,067	0.86	439,054	299,114	139,940
Berlin	56,645	26,799	29,846	1.93	277,557	230,606	46,951
Brandenburg	19,821	9,832	9,989	0.91	75,585	53,493	22,091
Bremen	11,069	4,469	6,600	1.98	56,607	47,317	9,290
Hamburg	26,917	12,078	14,839	1.79	134,904	111,713	23,190
Hessen	62,658	27,243	35,415	1.25	306,132	229,461	76,672
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	16,782	8,531	8,251	1.16	64,103	43,980	20,123
Niedersachsen	83,260	36,954	46,306	1.28	407,413	276,061	131,352
Nordrhein-Westfalen	195,656	81,416	114,240	1.33	967,423	732,186	235,237
Rheinland-Pfalz	34,759	14,736	20,023	1.04	161,692	117,770	43,923
Saarland	10,979	4,352	6,627	1.26	52,317	40,347	11,970
Sachsen	24,276	11,562	12,714	0.66	39,450	65,644	27,807
Sachsen-Anhalt	19,109	9,276	9,833	0.92	68,811	45,652	23,159
Schleswig-Holstein	29,707	13,184	16,523	1.27	146,979	101,303	45,676
Thüringen	13,084	6,547	6,537	0.66	48,281	31,965	16,315
Germany	767,682	338,372	429,310	1.12	3,669,306	2,681,996	987,310

26.4. 2010