At risk of poverty rate Germany 2021

In 2021, about 16.6 percent of people in Germany were at risk of living in poverty. This was a slight increase from 2020. This graph shows the share of people in Germany who are at risk of living in poverty from 2005 to 2021.

At risk of poverty rate in Germany from 2005 to 2021

Characteristic	At-risk-of-poverty rate
2021³	16.6%
2020²	16.2%
2019	15.9%
2018	15.5%
2017	15.8%
2016	15.7%
2015	15.7%
2014	15.4%
2013	15.5%
2012	15%
2011¹	15%
2010	14.5%
2009	14.6%
2008	14.4%
2007	14.3%
2006	14%
2005	14.7%

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Release date

December 2021

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

2005 to 2021

Supplementary notes

¹ From 2011: poverty rates were results from the microcensus with representations based on the 2011 census and before that the 1987 (West Germany) census and 1990 (East Germany) census.

² The results of the microcensus from the survey year 2020 have limited comparability with earlier years due to methodological changes. The survey year 2020 is also affected by limitations in the survey and should therefore not be used for time comparisons with subsequent years.

³ First results of the 2021 microcensus.

The figures from 2005 to 2019 can be found in earlier reports from the source.

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