Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex

In 2022, Germany's persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex increased by 0.5% compared to 2021, reaching 21.1%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 21.6%.

Germany ranks 9th 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 12.2% (from 18.8% in 2017).

Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_peps01n, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.