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Supplementary benefits to the AHV and IV

How many people receive supplementary benefits on top of an AHV or IV pension.

Persons with supplementary benefits on 31 December

Headline indicator

Official figure

Latest value (2025) 361,209

Persons with supplementary benefits on 31 December

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  • Persons with supplementary benefits on 31 December

Persons with supplementary benefits on 31 December rose from 196,369 in 1999 to 361,209 in 2025.

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Data shown in the chart “Persons with supplementary benefits on 31 December”
YearPersons with supplementary benefits on 31 December
1999196,369
2000202,659
2001207,843
2002216,953
2003225,315
2004234,790
2005244,504
2006252,821
2007256,632
2008263,660
2009271,301
2010277,148
2011287,654
2012295,168
2013300,747
2014309,351
2015315,040
2016318,594
2017322,780
2018328,098
2019337,023
2020341,710
2021345,003
2022344,271
2023349,962
2024350,925
2025361,209

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Proposals of the left, the centre and the right, summarised by Votara editors from the parties' own documents and from parliamentary business. They are not Votara's opinion.

Left: SP and Greens · Centre: Die Mitte and GLP · Right: SVP and FDP. This grouping is an editorial choice by Votara. Source for the parties' left–right placement: Selects 2023 election study (FORS, in German)

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Related federal votes

No vote is assigned to this sub-problem itself; these are the votes on Poverty & cost of living.

Selection: votes that Swissvotes assigns to this topic's policy area (Swissvotes codebook), and votes linked by Votara editors.

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Source: Année politique suisse, University of Bern — Swissvotes – database of federal popular votes (data 1848–2027, source checked on ) Checks failing