Training financing: More than 60,000 Bafög recipients – number at a low level

The number of Bafög recipients has fallen: Last year, a good 60,100 people received corresponding benefits, as the State Statistical Office in Fellbach announced. This included 52,400 students and almost 7,700 schoolchildren. Compared to the previous year, the number of people supported fell by three percent, falling to its lowest level since 2000. According to statisticians, only in the years from 1997 to 2000 were even fewer people supported by the state.

The average funding amount in 2025 was 691 euros per person per month. That was 28 euros or four percent more than in 2024. Students received an average of 667 euros and schoolchildren 865 euros, as the State Statistical Office announced.

The federal cabinet initiated an increase in support in August. The flat-rate housing allowance included in the Bafög for those who no longer live with their parents will therefore increase from 380 to 440 euros per month for the summer semester of 2027. The so-called Bafög basic requirement for students, which is currently 475 euros, will then be increased to the current level of basic security in two steps: to 503 euros in the winter semester of 2027/28 and to 563 euros in the summer semester of 2029. Student student loans are also increasing.