Poverty and living standards in Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun (Ostschweiz, Switzerland): official figures
Social security cost the cantonal government of Graubünden CHF 423.55 million in 2024, or CHF 2,055 per resident, 9th lowest of 26 cantons; health-insurance premium subsidies and other sickness benefits accounted for CHF 144.47 million of it.
How much does Graubünden spend on police?
Public order and safety, including the police (CHF 119.18 million), courts (CHF 48.35 million) and prisons (CHF 34.25 million), cost the cantonal government of Graubünden CHF 1,120 per resident in 2024.
Source: Federal Finance Administration (EFV/AFF) · saved copyHow many people are on welfare in Graubünden?
2,081 people in 1,345 households or cases (support units) received social assistance in Graubünden in 2024, an average of 1.55 people per case.
Source: Federal Statistical Office (BFS/OFS) · saved copyMore figures
- Cantonal spending on social assistance and asylum in Graubünden was CHF 78.19 million in 2024 (CHF 379 per resident), with CHF 78.65 million going to old age and survivors and CHF 96.47 million to disability. Source: Federal Finance Administration (EFV/AFF) · saved copy
- Families and young people received CHF 13.98 million of cantonal social spending in Graubünden in 2024, and social housing CHF 1,967. Source: Federal Finance Administration (EFV/AFF) · saved copy
- The social assistance rate in Graubünden was 1.3% in 2019, so it has fallen by 0.3 percentage points in five years (it stood at 1.2% in 2014). Source: Federal Statistical Office (BFS/OFS) · saved copy
- Graubünden accounted for 0.8% of all social assistance recipients in Switzerland in 2024, while holding 2.3% of the population. Source: Federal Statistical Office (BFS/OFS) · saved copy
How Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun compares with other cantons in Switzerland
Cantonal social security spending per resident (CHF) (2024)
Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun ranks 18 of 26, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Cantonal social security spending per resident (CHF) |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Appenzell Ausserrhoden | CHF 2,192 |
| 16 | Luzern | CHF 2,138 |
| 17 | St. Gallen | CHF 2,057 |
| 18 | Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun | CHF 2,055 |
| 19 | Zug | CHF 2,038 |
| 20 | Uri | CHF 1,964 |
| 21 | Appenzell Innerrhoden | CHF 1,857 |
Cantonal spending on social assistance and asylum per resident (CHF) (2024)
Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun ranks 19 of 26, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Cantonal spending on social assistance and asylum per resident (CHF) |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | Appenzell Ausserrhoden | CHF 488 |
| 17 | Basel-Landschaft | CHF 408 |
| 18 | Zürich | CHF 408 |
| 19 | Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun | CHF 379 |
| 20 | Solothurn | CHF 374 |
| 21 | Aargau | CHF 368 |
| 22 | Luzern | CHF 343 |
Social assistance rate (% of residents receiving economic social assistance) (2024)
Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun ranks 23 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)
Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun ranks 12 of 26, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Change in social assistance rate, 2019-2024 (percentage points) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Schwyz | -0.1 |
| 10 | Uri | -0.1 |
| 11 | Fribourg / Freiburg | -0.3 |
| 12 | Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun | -0.3 |
| 13 | Luzern | -0.3 |
| 14 | Obwalden | -0.3 |
| 15 | St. Gallen | -0.3 |
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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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