The main factor in the slight apparent fall in the percentage spent on Social Security is felt to be the upturn in the Island's economy resulting in, amongst other things, very low levels of unemployment and the consequent reduction in payments to unemployed persons.
据认为，社会保障开支所占百分比略微下降的主要因素是马恩岛的经济发展导致失业率下降，因此失业补贴的金额也随之下降。