The number of beneficiaries of the allowance for disabled adults is experiencing “its strongest annual growth in ten years” (+3.4%) to reach 1.29 million people at the end of 2022.
The number of social minimum beneficiaries started to rise again in 2022, according to the annual overview published Friday September 29 by the statistical service of social ministries. After a sharp increase in 2020 due to the Covid-19 crisis and a decline in 2021, the number of beneficiaries increased by 0.4% to reach 4.34 million at the end of 2022, according to this report from the management of the research, studies, evaluation and statistics (Drees).
In detail, it is the number of beneficiaries of the allowance for disabled adults (AAH) who know “its strongest annual growth in ten years” (+3.4%) to reach 1.29 million people at the end of 2022. The reasons for this strong growth, in particular for AAH1 beneficiaries – people with a disability rate greater than or equal to 80% –, “remains to be clarified”, we emphasize at Drees. The upward trend should also continue, due to the deconjugalization of the AAH, a measure demanded for a long time by the associations, and which should come into force on Sunday.
The number of RSA beneficiaries falling
The number of people receiving asylum seeker allowance (ADA) is also growing strongly (+45.3%) to reach a level slightly higher than that of 2019 (115,000). This increase is due to the increase in the number of asylum seekers and displaced Ukrainians, specifies Drees.
Concerning the minimum old age, the numbers, which were fairly stable since 2013 before increasing between 2018 and 2023 under the effect of the revaluation plans and the increase in the resource ceiling to benefit from them, continue to increase (+4, 2% in 2022). Conversely, the numbers of active solidarity income (RSA) have decreased significantly, by 6.2% in 2021, a form of “return of the pendulum” after the economic crisis of 2020, according to the study, then 2.3% in 2022, thanks to a more favorable employment situation.
In total, including spouses and dependent children, 6.9 million people were covered by social minima at the end of 2021, i.e. one in ten people in mainland France and three in ten in the overseas departments and regions. , excluding Mayotte. In 2021, 29.9 billion euros were paid for these social minima, or 1.2% of GDP, a figure down compared to 2020 (-3.1%).