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Press release No. N 067 of 17 November 2022 10.5% of Germany's population lived in overcrowded dwellings in 2021
400,000 new dwellings, including 100,000 social dwellings, will be constructed every year to counteract the lack of affordable dwellings, according to Federal Government plans. Roughly 8.6% million people in Germany lived in overcrowded dwellings in …
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Press release No. N 063 of 21 October 2022 2.6 million people did not have a sufficiently heated home in 2021, due to a lack of money
Now that the cold season is coming, the continuing high energy prices dramatically increase the costs of heating. But even before the energy crisis started as a result of the war in Ukraine, not everyone was able to afford sufficient heating. …
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Press release No. N 079 of 26 November 2020 6.4 million people in Germany lived in overcrowded dwellings in 2019
Activities outside the home have been strongly limited by the measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic. This can be particularly stressful for people living in overcrowded dwellings. In 2019, approximately 6.4 million people lived in such an …
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Press release No. 428 of 29 October 2020 14% of the population affected by excessive housing costs in 2019
In 2019, 11.4 million people in Germany were living in households faced with excessive housing costs. They represented about 14% of the total population. A household is overburdened by housing costs if more than 40% of its disposable income is spent …
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Press release No. N 011 of 28 November 2019 Too much noise in the residential environment: Germany is top of the list of EU countries
Roughly 28% of the population in Germany felt bothered by noise caused by traffic or neighbours in their residential environment in 2018. In the European Union (EU), only Malta recorded a similar level of perceived noise disturbance as Germany. The …
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Press release No. 419 of 30 October 2019 Proportion of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion in Germany remains stable
In 2018, roughly 15.3 million people in Germany, or 18.7% of the country's population, were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, according to the EU definition. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that, based on results of the …
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Press release No. 421 of 31 October 2018 19.0% of Germany's population at risk of poverty or social exclusion
In 2017, roughly 15.5 million people in Germany, or 19.0% of the country's population, were at risk of poverty or social exclusion. In 2016, the relevant number amounted to 16.0 million, which was 19.7% of the population. The Federal Statistical …
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Press release No. 392 of 8 November 2017 19.7% of Germany's population at risk of poverty or social exclusion
In 2016, the average share of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion amounted to 23.5% in the European Union (EU), while it was 19.7% in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that, according to results of the EU-SILC …
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Press release No. 391 of 3 November 2016 Proportion of Germany's population at risk of poverty or social exclusion nearly unchanged
20.0% of Germany's population, or 16.1 million people, were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2015. The share has remained nearly unchanged since 2008. This is a result of the EU-SILC (LEBEN IN EUROPA) survey. The Federal Statistical Office …