At-risk-of-poverty rate by sex

In 2010, Germany's at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex increased by 0.6% compared to 2009, reaching 46.8.

Germany accounts for 94.5% of the EU-27 total of 49.5.

Germany ranks 12th 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 27.9% (from 36.6 in 2005).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi010, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.