Poverty and living standards in Uri (Zentralschweiz, Switzerland): official figures
Social security cost the cantonal government of Uri CHF 75.19 million in 2024, or CHF 1,964 per resident, 7th lowest of 26 cantons; health-insurance premium subsidies and other sickness benefits accounted for CHF 18.14 million of it.
How much does Uri spend on police?
Public order and safety, including the police (CHF 27.66 million), courts (CHF 5.70 million) and prisons (CHF 2.55 million), cost the cantonal government of Uri CHF 1,233 per resident in 2024.
Source: Federal Finance Administration (EFV/AFF) · saved copyHow many people are on welfare in Uri?
424 people in 245 households or cases (support units) received social assistance in Uri in 2024, an average of 1.73 people per case.
Source: Federal Statistical Office (BFS/OFS) · saved copyMore figures
- Cantonal spending on social assistance and asylum in Uri was CHF 20.14 million in 2024 (CHF 526 per resident), with CHF 12.56 million going to old age and survivors and CHF 22.95 million to disability. Source: Federal Finance Administration (EFV/AFF) · saved copy
- Families and young people received CHF 212,630 of cantonal social spending in Uri in 2024, and social housing CHF 0. Source: Federal Finance Administration (EFV/AFF) · saved copy
- The social assistance rate in Uri was 1.2% in 2019, so it has fallen by 0.1 percentage points in five years (it stood at 1.2% in 2014). Source: Federal Statistical Office (BFS/OFS) · saved copy
- Uri accounted for 0.2% of all social assistance recipients in Switzerland in 2024, while holding 0.4% of the population. Source: Federal Statistical Office (BFS/OFS) · saved copy
How Uri compares with other cantons in Switzerland
Cantonal social security spending per resident (CHF) (2024)
Uri ranks 20 of 26, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Cantonal social security spending per resident (CHF) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 22 | Nidwalden | CHF 1,845 |
| 23 | Schwyz | CHF 1,782 |
Cantonal spending on social assistance and asylum per resident (CHF) (2024)
Uri ranks 14 of 26, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Cantonal spending on social assistance and asylum per resident (CHF) |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Glarus | CHF 574 |
| 12 | Nidwalden | CHF 569 |
| 13 | Zug | CHF 554 |
| 14 | Uri | CHF 526 |
| 15 | Fribourg / Freiburg | CHF 513 |
| 16 | Appenzell Ausserrhoden | CHF 488 |
| 17 | Basel-Landschaft | CHF 408 |
Social assistance rate (% of residents receiving economic social assistance) (2024)
Uri ranks 22 of 26, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Social assistance rate (% of residents receiving economic social assistance) |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Schwyz | 1.3% |
| 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% |
Change in social assistance rate, 2019-2024 (percentage points) (2024)
Uri ranks 10 of 26, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Change in social assistance rate, 2019-2024 (percentage points) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Appenzell Innerrhoden | +0.0 |
| 8 | Solothurn | +0.0 |
| 9 | Schwyz | -0.1 |
| 10 | Uri | -0.1 |
| 11 | Fribourg / Freiburg | -0.3 |
| 12 | Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun | -0.3 |
| 13 | Luzern | -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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