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

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