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Germany: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Country: Germany Indicator: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion Year: 2025

Country overview

Germany

Current reading for Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion

Latest value

21.20 Percent of people

European ranking

11 / 30

Compared with Europe

+1.2 puntos

Germany is 1.2 points above the European average.

EU: 20.04

Affected population

≈ 17.72 million people affected

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 21.20 Percent of people Europe benchmark: 20.40 Percent of people

Internal regions

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Indicator: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Bremen

    +67.00

    35.40

  2. 2

    Weser-Ems

    +24.10

    26.30

  3. 3

    Trier

    +21.70

    25.80

  4. 4

    Arnsberg

    +16.00

    24.60

  5. 5

    Gießen

    +16.00

    24.60

  6. 6

    Münster

    +15.60

    24.50

  7. 7

    Berlin

    +15.10

    24.40

  8. 8

    Sachsen-Anhalt

    +13.70

    24.10

  9. 9

    Detmold

    +13.70

    24.10

  10. 10

    Kassel

    +13.20

    24.00

  11. 11

    Hamburg

    +12.30

    23.80

  12. 12

    Köln

    +11.80

    23.70

  13. 13

    Düsseldorf

    +11.30

    23.60

  14. 14

    Thüringen

    +10.40

    23.40

  15. 15

    Rheinhessen-Pfalz

    +9.40

    23.20

  16. 16

    Saarland

    +4.70

    22.20

  17. 17

    Hannover

    +3.30

    21.90

  18. 18

    Braunschweig

    +3.30

    21.90

  19. 19

    Chemnitz

    +1.90

    21.60

  20. 20

    Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

    +1.40

    21.50

  21. 21

    Darmstadt

    -0.50

    21.10

  22. 22

    Schleswig-Holstein

    -1.40

    20.90

  23. 23

    Leipzig

    -2.80

    20.60

  24. 24

    Karlsruhe

    -3.30

    20.50

  25. 25

    Lüneburg

    -5.20

    20.10

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Germany performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to confirmed stability. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Germany

In Germany, Poverty or exclusion is close to the European benchmark, although slightly worse: 21.2% versus 20.4% in 2025, a gap of 0.8 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Germany, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 20.40% in 2020 to 21.20% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 21.10% in 2024, confirming the stable reading.

Regional differences in Germany

In Germany, Poverty or exclusion shows noticeable regional variation. Across 38 comparable regions, Bremen records the highest value (35.4%) and Schwaben the lowest (14.5%), a gap of 20.9 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Germany, Poverty & Financial Vulnerability shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.