Children (aged less than 18) at risk of poverty or social exclusion

In 2025, Germany's children (aged less than 18) at risk of poverty or social exclusion increased by 2.6% compared to 2024, reaching 70.5.

Germany accounts for 96.7% of the EU-27 total of 72.9.

Germany ranks 10th 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 5.4% (from 66.9 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_lm412, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.