Pension, Health, Care: Social Expenditure Amounts to One Third of the German Economic Strength
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The economy is stagnating, but the welfare state is growing. How strong this shows a new list. In 2025, expenditure on unemployment and care increased most.
Social spending in Germany increased to more than 1.4 trillion euros in 2025 and thus to almost a third of the economic output. "This will get even worse in the coming years, if we don't counter-tax," says INSM Managing Director Thorsten Alsleben.
Germany's social benefits rise to EUR 1.43 trillion in 2025. Most of them are in two areas: sickness and old age.
The social systems for pensions, care or unemployment cost more and more money. They rise to a total of more than 1.4 trillion euros. This is a large part of what Germany generates.
Social expenditure in Germany is rising – the figure was only higher during the Coronapandemie. One exception is basic security.
In 2025, 1.431 trillion euros were spent on social benefits in Germany, which is reflected in an analysis by the Federal Ministry of Labour ... The post 1.4 trillion euros per year – social expenditure at a record level appeared first on Apollo News.
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