At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys

In 2010, Germany's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 0.6% compared to 2009, reaching 16.4%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 17.1%.

Germany ranks 12th 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 27.1% (from 12.9% in 2005).

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