More than €500 million in German child benefit allowance payments was sent outside the country in 2023, government data provided to local media outlets has shown.
The documents, reported on by news outlet Bild on October 31, also revealed that the country was on track to see another €500 million in child payments sent abroad in 2024, although the total value of such payments was down by 0.58 per cent in the first half of this year.
According to Bild, a total of €525.7 million was sent to bank accounts outside Germany last year, with a further €258.5 being sent abroad in similar fashion in the first six months of 2024.