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

In 2025, Germany's persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex increased by 0.5% compared to 2024, reaching 21.2%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 20.9%.

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 3.9% (from 20.4% in 2020).

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