At-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex

In 2016, Germany's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex increased by 5.5% compared to 2015, reaching 46.2.

Germany accounts for 72.0% of the EU-27 total of 64.2.

Germany ranks 22nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.3% (from 46.8 in 2011).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_spi110, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.