social security - FOD Sociale Zekerheid

Statistics and budgetsIn the course of his life, every citizen will be entitled to social security benefits one day or another.And he will also have to contribute to the financing of social security. The sums committed toexercise this collective solidarity represent a significant share of the state’s budget.In the interests of brevity, only the benefits regarding a great number of citizens have been dealtwith.A. Statistics – number of persons entitled to the main social benefitsPensions – 2010Retired people (retirement pension and survivor’s pension):16- Salaried persons: 1,670,766 beneficiaries (+ 8,192 compared to 2009)- Self-employed persons: 489,909 beneficiaries (- 615 compared to 2009)- Civil servants (federal and other civil servants) : 443,993 beneficiaries(+ 10,034 compared to 2009)However, the total amount of retired people belonging to the three schemes is not equal to thesum of the three schemes. Indeed, many retired people have had a mixed career (i.e. a pensionfor the part of their career as a self-employed person and a pension for the part of their careeras a salaried person).Unemployment benefits – June 2011- Unemployed persons receiving benefits: 642,123 beneficiaries (- 38,878 compared toJune 2010)- Salaried persons supported by the National employment office: 297,004 beneficiaries(- 8,290 compared to June 2010)- Salaried persons having adapted their working time with the support of the Nationalemployment office: 273,141 beneficiaries (+ 4,246 compared to June 2010)That makes a total of 1,216,344 beneficiaries (- 38,903 compared to June 2010).Family benefits – on 1 January 2010Medical care- Number of children qualifying for family benefits in the salaried workers’ scheme and inthe civil servants’ scheme: 2,425,544- Number of children qualifying for family benefits in the self-employed persons’ scheme:206,558- Beneficiaries in the general salaried persons’ scheme: 6,464,111 entitled persons and3,100,824 dependants (on 30 June 2010)- Other beneficiaries (self-employed persons’ scheme, …): 702,181 entitled persons and362.453 dependants (on 30 June 2010)