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

In 2017, Germany's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 1.3% compared to 2016, reaching 15.2%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 20.0%.

Germany ranks 20th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.0% (from 15.2% in 2012).

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