Table 2.6.11 - BMBF's Data Portal

Table 2.6.11
BAföG - number of recipients; expenditure, by amounts and types of aid
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Recipients	Number
Pupils¹⁾	210,498	243,594	271,182	294,930	312,334	321,421	318,950	311,575	311,876	322,663	323,808	319,206	308,288	292,815	278,194	259,078	239,366	225,465	209,057	190,844	173,526
Students	348,799	406,776	451,505	481,594	497,257	506,880	498,565	494,480	510,409	550,369	592,430	643,578	671,059	665,928	646,576	611,377	583,567	556,573	517,675	489,313	465,543
Recipients	Number
Total¹⁾	559,313	650,386	722,699	776,536	809,607	828,331	817,546	806,085	822,323	873,082	916,295	962,834	979,347	958,743	924,770	870,455	822,933	782,038	726,732	680,157	639,069
Fully funded²⁾	185,374	289,380	338,556	360,926	394,064	393,252	387,352	389,978	429,179	441,535	447,787	458,185	457,349	445,630	429,006	399,867	394,397	383,818	363,169	346,641	328,468
Partly funded²⁾	373,939	361,006	384,143	415,610	415,543	435,079	430,194	416,107	393,144	431,547	468,507	504,649	521,998	513,113	495,764	470,588	428,536	398,220	363,563	333,516	310,601
Recipients	Number
Average monthly number³⁾	359,369	408,023	466,749	504,828	531,629	544,068	540,329	524,490	525,003	559,395	584,850	615,368	630,164	619,620	596,380	562,170	524,775	502,677	467,809	434,540	429,121
Financial amount	Thousands of euros
Total	1,274,794	1,654,651	1,942,415	2,097,381	2,211,763	2,280,477	2,256,143	2,188,065	2,331,918	2,702,569	2,873,065	3,180,046	3,277,975	3,240,623	3,142,077	2,971,636	2,869,785	2,939,538	2,706,916	2,622,936	2,863,137
Financial amount	Share (%)
Interest-free loan	35.0	34.6	34.3	34.0	33.7	33.5	33.5	33.3	33.0	33.7	34.1	34.7	35.1	35.2	35.2	35.1	35.3	35.8	35.7	36.2	38.0
Grant	65.0	65.4	65.7	66.0	66.3	66.5	66.5	66.7	67.0	66.3	65.9	65.3	64.9	64.8	64.8	64.9	64.7	64.2	64.3	63.9	62.0
Financial amount	Euros
Average amount of financial aid per capita⁴⁾	296	338	347	346	347	349	348	348	370	403	409	431	433	436	439	441	456	487	482	503	556

Source: Federal Statistical Office, Fachserie 11 Reihe 7

Notes:
¹⁾ Until 2011, the recipients of distant learning institutions are included in total only, since 2012 they are classified as belonging to the group of pupils.
²⁾ Excluding the revision of the Länder Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein in 2004.
³⁾ Arithmetic mean of a year's twelve average monthly numbers.
⁴⁾ With regard to the average monthly number.

Last update: August 31, 2021

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