Bavaria leads Germany with the lowest citizen benefit rate!

Bavaria leads Germany with the lowest citizen benefit rate!

What's going on in the world of citizen's money statistics? A current evaluation shows that the citizen's benefit rate varies considerably in Germany. The situation in Bavaria and Bremen is particularly striking. According to the information from Mercury Bavaria occupies a special position with a citizen benefit quota of only 4.2 percent of the working population. In contrast, Bremen has the highest rate at a whopping 17 percent.

Bavaria has by far the lowest rate, followed by Baden-Württemberg at 5.4 percent. The average in Germany is 8.1 percent. Even Lower Saxony, Hesse and Saxony are above this average at 8 percent each. The high citizen benefit rates in city states like Bremen are due to structural problems in the labor market and an increased proportion of people with a migrant background. So we see Bremen, followed by Berlin with 14.5 percent, at the top of the cities with high rates.

Strong differences in Germany

A city to be examined more closely is Gelsenkirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia. There the rate is significantly higher at almost 25 percent. Bremerhaven, Dortmund, Essen, Herne and Duisburg also have around 16 percent each, which further illustrates the structural challenges in these regions.

Bavaria, on the other hand, can boast most cities in the lower range of the scale. Loud Employment agency statistics The 40 places with the lowest citizen benefit rates are all in the Free State of Bavaria. The Ansbach district comes last with just 1.7 percent, while cities such as Munich (5.7 percent), Augsburg (7.3 percent) and Nuremberg (10.2 percent) are also below the German average.

Look at the benefit recipients

A look at the figures from the last few years shows that the number of recipients of unemployment benefit II or social benefit (Hartz IV) in Germany fluctuates significantly between 2005 and 2025. The data was provided by the Federal Employment Agency and is available in detail on the platform Statista accessible.

The differences visible in the citizen's benefit statistics are a vivid example of the economic conditions in the German federal states. While Bavaria stays out of the firing line, cities like Bremen show that a lot of work needs to be done on economic recovery. We can only hope that politicians recognize the signs of the times and find solutions.