Income, living conditions, risk of poverty

Press releases

16 May 2023 Just over one-fifth of Germany’s population at risk of poverty or social exclusion

Just over 17.3 million people in Germany were affected by poverty or social exclusion in 2022. This equated to 20.9% of the population, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports on the basis of first results of the survey on income and living conditions (EU-SILC). The values remained almost unchanged from the previous year (2021), when just under 17.3 million people, or 21.0% of the population, were affected by poverty or social exclusion.

7 March 2023 Gender pension gap: retirement income of women almost one third below that of men in 2021

17 November 2022 10.5% of Germany's population lived in overcrowded dwellings in 2021

21 October 2022 2.6 million people did not have a sufficiently heated home in 2021, due to a lack of money

5 October 2022 One fifth of the population in Germany had an annual net income of less than 16,300 euros in 2021

26 August 2022 Housing costs: 10.7% of the population regarded as overburdened in 2021

Further Press Releases

Tables

Income distribution (equivalised net income)

Risk of poverty and social exclusion (AROPE)

Risk-of-poverty or social exclusion: The AROPE indicator and its three sub-indicators, by sex and age

Risk of poverty (monetary poverty)

Material and social deprivation

Database

GENESIS-Online

More data on living conditions, risk of poverty are available from the GENESIS-Online database.

The database content will continuously be extended, and links will be provided here.

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At-risk-of-poverty-rate

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At-risk-of-poverty rate by selected household types

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At-risk-of-poverty rate for people aged 18 and over by activity status of the previous year

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