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

In 2013, Germany's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 0.0% compared to 2012, reaching 17.2%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 17.3%.

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 6.2% (from 16.2% in 2008).

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