The Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS) has released the “Social Welfare Statistic” for the month of February 2023.

This publication provides data on the number of beneficiaries of the social assistance scheme, the basic age pension scheme, age-contribution-payer pension, pension scheme for persons with special needs / disabilities, the pension scheme for paraplegic and tetraplegic, the scheme for material support for families with children with permanent special needs,  family pension scheme, disability pension scheme, pension scheme for families of martyrs, war invalids and war veterans, “Trepca” pension scheme, pension scheme for the Kosovo Protection Corps, pension scheme of the Kosovo Security Forces, the compensation scheme for blind persons, data on the number of abandoned children, etc.

According to the results of this publication, it results that in the month of February 2023: from the social assistance scheme have benefited 22 376 families with a total of 88 453 members; and 2 869 families have benefited from the scheme for material support for families with children with special needs.

Meanwhile, the basic age pension scheme has 138 446 beneficiaries; age pension contribution scheme has 46 530 beneficiaries; from the scheme for war veterans there are 36 821 beneficiaries; the pension scheme for persons with special needs has 17 974 beneficiaries; the scheme for families of martyrs and war invalids has 13 048 beneficiaries; the family pension scheme has 3 196 beneficiaries; the pension scheme for paraplegic and tetraplegic persons has 2 562 beneficiaries; the compensation scheme for blind persons has 1 725 beneficiaries; the Trepça pension scheme has 1 654 beneficiaries; the Kosovo Protection Corps pension scheme has 1 285 beneficiaries; the pension scheme for the Kosovo Security Force has 710 beneficiaries; and the scheme for disability pensions has 58 beneficiaries.

Meanwhile, during the month of February 2023, 1 child was abandoned.

For more information about Social Welfare Statistics in February 2023, visit: http://ask.rks-gov.net/sq/agjencia-e-statistikave-te-kosoves/sociale/shendetesia-dhe-mireqenia-sociale