Income, living conditions, Risk of poverty Selected criteria of the material deprivation of households in Germany 2019

Community Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC)

Selected criteria of the material deprivation of households1 of persons aged 16 years and over by social status in Germany 2019
Material deprivationHouseholds, totalemployeesunemployedretired personsnon-employed persons

1: Self-assessment of households.

() = Limited informational value because the numerical value based on the number of households (30 to under 100 households) is of limited statistical reliability (relative standard error of 10% to under 20%).

Source: Leben in Europa (EU-SILC).

Percentage of the population
The household cannot afford ...
To pay rent or utility bills in time3.63.7(7.6)(1.9)4.9
To keep its home adequately warm2.72.2(13.6)1.93.7
To face a set amount of unexpected financial expenses of EUR 1,10027.124.780.620.535.6
A meal with meat, chicken or fish (or vegetarian equivalent) every second day6.33.931.77.68.2
One week's annual holiday away from home13.39.362.912.319.3
A car5.72.835.96.49.3
Persons in 1,000
The household cannot afford ...
To pay rent or utility bills in time2,4301,422(156)(309)544
To keep its home adequately warm1,859835(283)323417
To face a set amount of unexpected financial expenses of EUR 1,10018,6269,5301,6833,4643,948
A meal with meat, chicken or fish (or vegetarian equivalent) every second day4,3761,5146631,286913
One week's annual holiday away from home9,1473,5881,3152,0962,147
A car3,8751,0747321,0481,020

As at 03 March 2021

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