At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex

In 2010, Germany's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 0.6% compared to 2009, reaching 15.6%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 16.5%.

Germany ranks 13th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 27.9% (from 12.2% in 2005).

Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.