New figures on Hartz IV: Every fourth receiver comes from abroad – RTL Online

The number of German Hartz IV recipients is however, declined by 5.2 percent yoy. Thus relate 4.36 million German Hartz IV, nearly 240,000 less than last year. On average, 7.7 percent of Germans are dependent on Hartz IV, with foreigners in Germany were 18 percent, reports the ‘Picture’ newspaper.

The number of unemployed who are over 55 years old and permanently living on Hartz IV, has, according to a media report increased significantly. The end of 2015 more than 195,000 relative to the older unemployed already over four years state basic security – an increase of almost 40 per cent within five years, the newspapers of Funke Mediengruppe. “Even in times of economic recovery, the prospects for older long-term unemployed have not improved,” criticized Sabine Zimmermann, deputy chairman of the Left Party in the Bundestag.