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Social protection receipts and expenditure are cal­culated according to the European System of Inte­grated Social Protection Statistics (ESSPROS). According to the ESSPROS, social pro­tection encompasses all interventions from State, municipal or private bodies intended to relieve households and individu­als of the burden of a defined set of risks or needs, provided that there is neither a simultaneous reciprocal ar­rangement nor an individual arrange­ment involved.

The list of risks or needs (functions) that may give rise to social protection is as follows:

1. Sickness and/or health care;

2. Disability;

3. Old age;

4. Survivors;

5. Family and/or children;

6. Unemployment;

7. Housing;

8. Social exclusion not elsewhere classified.

The main source of funding for social protection is employers’ social contributions. In 2017, compared to 2016, their proportion slightly increased and accounted for 56.6 per cent of total social protection receipts. The proportion of general government contributions remained unchanged at 23.3 per cent. The proportion of social contributions by insured persons decreased and accounted for 18.9 per cent in 2017.
 

	EUR 6.9 billion  Social protection receipts in 2017   56.6 per cent The share of employers’ social contributions in the total social protection receipts

The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

In 2017, social protection expenditure amounted to EUR 6.4 billion, or, on average, EUR 2 254 per capita. Over the year, per-capita expenditure increased by 8.1 per cent, compared to 2010 – 30.2 per cent.

Social protection expenditure
Indicators calculated according to the ESSPROS

* Provisional data.

The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

Expenditure on benefits related to old age has been predominant. In 2017, it amounted to EUR 2.6 billion, or 42.6 per cent of total expenditure on social benefits. Compared to 2016, old age‑related expenditure increased by EUR 168.5 million, or 6.9 per cent.

At the end of 2018, there were 904.7 thousand persons receiving at least one pension, i.e. 32.4 per cent of the total population. Compared to 2017, the number of pension beneficiaries decreased by 0.1 per cent. State social insurance old-age pen­sioners accounted for the greatest proportion of pension beneficiaries; in 2018, their average annual number totalled 578 thousand and, compared to 2017, decreased by 0.2 per cent (1.4 thousand).

In 2017, expenditure on disability bene­fits amounted to EUR 567 million, or 9.3 per cent of total expenditure on social protection benefits. Compared to 2016, it increased by EUR 42 million, or 8 per cent.

In 2018, compared to 2017, the average number of state social in­sur­ance work incapacity (disability) pen­sion beneficiaries decreased by 4.4 thousand (2.2 per cent) and amounted to 192.1 thousand.

In 2017, sickness and health care expenditure amounted to EUR 1.9 billion, or 31.3 per cent of total expenditure on social protection benefits. Compared to 2016, it increased by 7.4 per cent.

Expenditure on social protection benefits by function, 2017
Indicators calculated according to the ESSPROS
   EUR mill.

The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

Number of pension beneficiaries and expenditure on pensions
Indicators calculated according to the ESSPROS

* Provisional data.

Persons entitled to pensions
Data provided by the State Social Insurance Fund Board under the Ministry of Social Security and Labour
Average annual number

The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

At the end of June 2018, the number of families at social risk totalled 9.2 thousand (at the end of 2017, 9.8 thousand), the num­­­ber of children brought up in them – 17.4 thousand (in 2017, 18.4 thousand). In 2018, 2 033 children lost pa­ren­­tal care, or by 369 children less than in 2017.

Families at social risk
End of June 2018

The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

Children who have lost parental care

The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

At the end of 2018, the number of residents in infant homes, child care homes, community child care homes and care groups in preschool education institutions totalled 2.5 thousand, which is by 6 per cent less than in 2017 and by 41.4 per cent less than in 2010.

In 2018, the number of foster children in family-type care homes decreased by 8,6 per cent; at the end of the year, 405 children were living in them.

At the end of 2018, the number of residents in 4 social care homes for children with disability totalled 156; 951 children and youngsters with disability resided in special schools and special edu­cation centres.
 

	159 child­ren who have lost parental care were adop­ted in 2018    of them 56 were adopted by foreign nationals (in 2017 – 47).

Adopted children

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In 2018, 17.8 thousand persons received home help and social care at home, which is by 3.8 per cent less than in 2017 and 38.6 per cent more than in 2010. As in the previous years, the majority (81.9 per cent) of the recipients of social services at home were persons of retirement age. Moreover, in 2018, 118 retirement-age persons and/or persons with disability received social care benefits and arranged the provision of social services at home them­selves; against 2017, their number increased by 10.3 per cent.

Persons receiving social services at home

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At the end of 2018, 6.1 thousand persons (by 4.5 per cent more than in 2017) lived in care institutions for the elderly, 6.5 thousand persons (by 1.4 per cent more than in 2017) – in care institutions for adults with disability and group living homes for adults with disability. In 2018, compared to 2017, the number of persons in continuing care retirement communities decreased by 11.9 per cent; 525 elderly persons and adults with disability were living in institutions of such type. Compared to 2010, the number of residents in all institutions for adults increased by one-fifth.

In 2018, there were 3 thousand persons living in shelters for the homeless, which is by 20.6 per cent more than in 2017.

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Number of children in child institutions

Care institutions (units) and continuing care retirement communities for the elderly and adults with disability

Shelters for the homeless

For further terms, see the Dictionary of Statistical Terms.