Poverty and living standards in Appenzell Innerrhoden (Ostschweiz, Switzerland): official figures
Social security cost the cantonal government of Appenzell Innerrhoden CHF 31.08 million in 2024, or CHF 1,857 per resident, 6th lowest of 26 cantons; health-insurance premium subsidies and other sickness benefits accounted for CHF 8.25 million of it.
How much does Appenzell Innerrhoden spend on police?
Public order and safety, including the police (CHF 8.66 million), courts (CHF 1.96 million) and prisons (CHF 121,403), cost the cantonal government of Appenzell Innerrhoden CHF 951 per resident in 2024.
Source: Federal Finance Administration (EFV/AFF) · saved copyHow many people are on welfare in Appenzell Innerrhoden?
149 people in 80 households or cases (support units) received social assistance in Appenzell Innerrhoden in 2024, an average of 1.86 people per case.
Source: Federal Statistical Office (BFS/OFS) · saved copyMore figures
- Cantonal spending on social assistance and asylum in Appenzell Innerrhoden was CHF 11.79 million in 2024 (CHF 704 per resident), with CHF 3.73 million going to old age and survivors and CHF 6.15 million to disability. Source: Federal Finance Administration (EFV/AFF) · saved copy
- Families and young people received CHF 692,509 of cantonal social spending in Appenzell Innerrhoden in 2024, and social housing CHF 0. Source: Federal Finance Administration (EFV/AFF) · saved copy
- The social assistance rate in Appenzell Innerrhoden was 0.9% in 2019, so it has stayed level over five years (it stood at 0.8% in 2014). Source: Federal Statistical Office (BFS/OFS) · saved copy
- Appenzell Innerrhoden accounted for 0.1% of all social assistance recipients in Switzerland in 2024, while holding 0.2% of the population. Source: Federal Statistical Office (BFS/OFS) · saved copy
How Appenzell Innerrhoden compares with other cantons in Switzerland
Cantonal social security spending per resident (CHF) (2024)
Appenzell Innerrhoden ranks 21 of 26, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Cantonal social security spending per resident (CHF) |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun | CHF 2,055 |
| 19 | Zug | CHF 2,038 |
| 20 | Uri | CHF 1,964 |
| 21 | Appenzell Innerrhoden | CHF 1,857 |
| 22 | Nidwalden | CHF 1,845 |
| 23 | Schwyz | CHF 1,782 |
| 24 | Aargau | CHF 1,781 |
Cantonal spending on social assistance and asylum per resident (CHF) (2024)
Appenzell Innerrhoden ranks 9 of 26, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Cantonal spending on social assistance and asylum per resident (CHF) |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Jura | CHF 742 |
| 7 | Valais / Wallis | CHF 716 |
| 8 | Schaffhausen | CHF 710 |
| 9 | Appenzell Innerrhoden | CHF 704 |
| 10 | Bern / Berne | CHF 612 |
| 11 | Glarus | CHF 574 |
| 12 | Nidwalden | CHF 569 |
Social assistance rate (% of residents receiving economic social assistance) (2024)
Appenzell Innerrhoden ranks 25 of 26, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Social assistance rate (% of residents receiving economic social assistance) |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | Zug | 1.3% |
| 21 | Thurgau | 1.1% |
| 22 | Uri | 1.1% |
| 23 | Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun | 1.0% |
| 24 | Nidwalden | 1.0% |
| 25 | Appenzell Innerrhoden | 0.9% |
| 26 | Obwalden | 0.8% |
Change in social assistance rate, 2019-2024 (percentage points) (2024)
Appenzell Innerrhoden ranks 7 of 26, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Change in social assistance rate, 2019-2024 (percentage points) |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Schaffhausen | +0.1 |
| 5 | Ticino | +0.1 |
| 6 | Valais / Wallis | +0.1 |
| 7 | Appenzell Innerrhoden | +0.0 |
| 8 | Solothurn | +0.0 |
| 9 | Schwyz | -0.1 |
| 10 | Uri | -0.1 |
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Sources
- Federal Finance Administration (EFV/AFF): Detaillierte Daten FS und GFS Modell: Standardauswertungen (financial statistics of the Confederation, cantons, communes and social insurance, 1990-2024; standardauswertung.csv with its codelist, saved zipped), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 5fec658d1506…)
- Federal Statistical Office (BFS/OFS): WSH: Unterstützungseinheiten, Sozialhilfebeziehende und Sozialhilfequote der wirtschaftlichen Sozialhilfe nach Kanton, 2005-2024 (T 13.05.01.01.01), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 12ff5cd56e28…)
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