DE · 2016 · ilc_li02

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

Germany, 2016

At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
15.2%
Germany, 2016
▼ 4.4% vs 2015 (15.9%)
Analysis

In 2016, Germany's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 4.4% compared to 2015, reaching 15.2%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 16.8%.

Germany ranks 15th 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 2.0% (from 14.9% in 2011).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2016
#15 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2016
90.5%
EU-27: 16.8%
Germany timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025