Tab.2.6.11,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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"BAföG - number of recipients; expenditure, by amounts and types of aid",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023,2024
Recipients,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number
Pupils 1),210498,243594,271182,294930,312334,321421,318950,311575,311876,322663,323808,319206,308288,292815,278194,259078,239366,225465,209057,190844,173526,155408,140873,134165,128969
Students,348799,406776,451505,481594,497257,506880,498565,494480,510409,550369,592430,643578,671059,665928,646576,611377,583567,556573,517675,489313,465543,467595,489347,501425,483814
Total 1),559313,650386,722699,776536,809607,828331,817546,806085,822323,873082,916295,962834,979347,958743,924770,870455,822933,782038,726732,680157,639069,623003,630220,635590,612783
Recipients,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number
Fully funded 2),185374,289380,338556,360926,379816,393252,387352,389978,429179,424509,447787,458185,457349,445630,429006,399867,394397,383818,363169,346641,328468,311310,352320,348427,335247
Partly funded 2),373939,361006,384143,415610,429791,435079,430194,416107,393144,448573,468507,504649,521998,513113,495764,470588,428536,398220,363563,333516,310601,311693,277900,287163,277536
Recipients,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number
Average monthly number 3),359369,408023,466749,504828,531629,544068,540329,524490,525003,559395,584850,615368,630164,619620,596380,562170,524775,502677,467809,434540,429121,429161,418585,441461,403596
Financial amount,Thousands of euros,Thousands of euros,Thousands of euros,Thousands of euros,Thousands of euros,Thousands of euros,Thousands of euros,Thousands of euros,Thousands of euros,Thousands of euros,Thousands of euros,Thousands of euros,Thousands of euros,Thousands of euros,Thousands of euros,Thousands of euros,Thousands of euros,Thousands of euros,Thousands of euros,Thousands of euros,Thousands of euros,Thousands of euros,Thousands of euros,Thousands of euros,Thousands of euros
Total,1274794,1654651,1942415,2097381,2211763,2280477,2256143,2188065,2331918,2702569,2873065,3180046,3277975,3240623,3142077,2971644,2869785,2939538,2706916,2622936,2863137,2895076,2975322,3389079,3073564
Financial amount,Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%)
Interest-free loan,35,34.6,34.3,34,33.7,33.5,33.5,33.3,33,33.7,34.1,34.7,35.1,35.2,35.2,35.1,35.3,35.8,35.7,36.1,38,39.2,40.5,41.5,41.1
Grant,65,65.4,65.7,66,66.3,66.5,66.5,66.7,67,66.3,65.9,65.3,64.9,64.8,64.8,64.9,64.7,64.2,64.3,63.9,62,60.8,59.5,58.5,58.9
Financial amount,Euros,Euros,Euros,Euros,Euros,Euros,Euros,Euros,Euros,Euros,Euros,Euros,Euros,Euros,Euros,Euros,Euros,Euros,Euros,Euros,Euros,Euros,Euros,Euros,Euros
Average amount of financial aid per capita 4),296,338,347,346,347,349,348,348,370,403,409,431,433,436,439,441,456,487,482,503,556,562,592,640,635
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"Source: Federal Statistical Office (GENESIS-Online database - 21411 Assistance pursuant to the Fed. Training Ass. Act, Fachserie 11 Reihe 7)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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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.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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"Results of the ICE-BMBF's ICE-Database of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (ICE = Information, Controlling, Entscheidung)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"A system of the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW), http://www.dzhw.eu/en/index_html",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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"Last update: August 1, 2025",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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