Fact · welfare · 2025
CSSA scheme payments (2024-25)
綜援計劃發放款項（2024-25年度）
Figure and reference date
HK$22.353 billion
223.53 億港元
Notes and definition
SWD annual statistics: 2024-25 CSSA payments fell for a second year.
Other figures in this group (welfare)
Figures in the same group are not necessarily additive — check the basis note above first. Social security.
| Item / 項目 | Figure / 數字 | As of / 時點 | Source / 來源 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive Social Security Assistance cases 綜合社會保障援助計劃個案 | 194,000 194 000 宗 | 2025-12 | Hong Kong in Figures, 2026 Edition |
| Old Age Living Allowance cases 長者生活津貼個案 | 794,000 794 000 宗 | 2025-12 | Hong Kong in Figures, 2026 Edition |
| Old Age Allowance cases 高齡津貼個案 | 375,000 375 000 宗 | 2025-12 | Hong Kong in Figures, 2026 Edition |
| Disability Allowance cases 傷殘津貼個案 | 185,000 185 000 宗 | 2025-12 | Hong Kong in Figures, 2026 Edition |
| CSSA payments 綜援發放款項 | HK$22.353 billion 223.53 億港元 Financial year, not calendar year. | 2024-25 | Hong Kong in Figures, 2026 Edition |
| Poverty rate (post-policy, 2020) 貧窮率（政策介入後，2020年） | 23.6% 23.6% Commission on Poverty 2020 Report: post-policy poverty rate of 23.6%. | 2020 | Commission on Poverty: Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report 2020 |
| Poor population (post-policy, 2020) 貧窮人口（政策介入後，2020年） | about 1,653,000 persons 約 165.3 萬人 Commission on Poverty 2020 Report: post-policy poor population of about 1,653,000. | 2020 | Commission on Poverty: Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report 2020 |
| Subvented elderly residential care homes and places (2025) 資助安老院舍及宿位數（2025年） | 120 homes, 15,298 places 120 間院舍、15,298 個宿位 SWD: 120 subvented elderly homes with 15,298 places. | 2025-12-31 | Social Welfare Department: Service statistics |
| Average waiting time for subsidised residential care places (2025) 輪候資助安老宿位平均時間（2025年） | about 11 months overall (average) 整體平均約 11 個月 SWD Central Waiting List: average wait of about 11 months overall (average, not median). | 2025-12-31 | SWD: Central Waiting List statistics for elderly services |
| CSSA caseload and recipients (Jun 2026) 綜合社會保障援助（綜援）個案及受助人數（2026年6月） | 194,548 cases / 256,732 recipients 194,548 宗個案／256,732 名受助人 SWD monthly release, caseload by nature as at end-Jun 2026. | 2026-06 | SWD/GIA press release: CSSA caseload (Jun 2026) |
| Social Security Allowance cases (Mar 2025) 公共福利金個案數目（2025年3月） | 1,336,512 cases 1,336,512 宗 SSA cases by allowance type as at 31 Mar 2025. | 2025-03 | SWD: Social security statistics (annual figures) |
Other figures from the same official source
These figures come from the same registered document: “SWD: Social security statistics (annual figures)” (Social Welfare Department). Being in one document does not make them additive.
| Item / 項目 | Figure / 數字 | As of / 時點 | Source / 來源 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Security Allowance cases (Mar 2025) 公共福利金個案數目（2025年3月） | 1,336,512 cases 1,336,512 宗 SSA cases by allowance type as at 31 Mar 2025. | 2025-03 | SWD: Social security statistics (annual figures) |
Verified questions that cite this figure
How many people receive CSSA in Hong Kong and how much is paid out?
As of June 2026, Hong Kong's Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) had 194,548 cases and 256,732 recipients. In the 2024-25 fiscal year, CSSA payments totalled HK$22.353 billion.
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How to cite this figure
Hong Kong Story, “CSSA scheme payments (2024-25)”, https://hongkongstory.org/en/facts/soc-cssa-expenditure-2425, data as at 2025 (retrieved ＿).
中文：香港紀事館，〈綜援計劃發放款項（2024-25年度）〉，https://hongkongstory.org/facts/soc-cssa-expenditure-2425，資料時點 2025（查閱日期 ＿）。
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SWD: Social security statistics (annual figures)
Social Welfare Department
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