DE · 2021 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Germany, 2021
In 2021, Germany's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 0.6% compared to 2020, reaching 16.0%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 16.8%.
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 fallen by 3.0% (from 16.5% in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.