As of 2019, approximately 18 million South Africans vulnerable to poverty or in need of state support received social grants, relief assistance or social relief paid by the government. The largest group that received social grants were Black and Coloured South Africans.
Population that received social grants, relief assistance or social relief in South Africa in 2019, by population group
(in 1,000s)
The source mentioned that totals excluded unspecified grant receipts and that values based on three or less unweighted cases were considered too small to provide accurate estimates and therefore replaced by asterisks.
The source asked people to describe themselves in the census in terms of five racial population groups, including others/unspecified. This is a common way to describe ethnic groups in South Africa
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Statistics South Africa. (December 17, 2020). Population that received social grants, relief assistance or social relief in South Africa in 2019, by population group (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116080/population-receiving-social-grants-in-south-africa-by-population-group/
Statistics South Africa. "Population that received social grants, relief assistance or social relief in South Africa in 2019, by population group (in 1,000s)." Chart. December 17, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116080/population-receiving-social-grants-in-south-africa-by-population-group/
Statistics South Africa. (2020). Population that received social grants, relief assistance or social relief in South Africa in 2019, by population group (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116080/population-receiving-social-grants-in-south-africa-by-population-group/
Statistics South Africa. "Population That Received Social Grants, Relief Assistance or Social Relief in South Africa in 2019, by Population Group (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116080/population-receiving-social-grants-in-south-africa-by-population-group/
Statistics South Africa, Population that received social grants, relief assistance or social relief in South Africa in 2019, by population group (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116080/population-receiving-social-grants-in-south-africa-by-population-group/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Population that received social grants, relief assistance or social relief in South Africa in 2019, by population group (in 1,000s) [Graph], Statistics South Africa, December 17, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116080/population-receiving-social-grants-in-south-africa-by-population-group/
