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

In 2025, Germany's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 0.5% compared to 2024, reaching 19.5%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 16.3%.

Germany ranks 10th 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 2.5% (from 20.0% in 2020).

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