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Germany: Poverty Rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
16.10% of people
EU 16.23 · -0.1 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people whose equivalised disposable income after social transfers is below 60% of the national median. It is a relative-income measure rather than a measure of absolute poverty.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat At-risk-of-poverty rate TESPM010
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Regional map
· 2025 · 38 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+70.81
27.50
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2+32.92
21.40
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3+32.30
21.30
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4+29.19
20.80
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5+21.74
19.60
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6+19.25
19.20
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7+17.39
18.90
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8+16.15
18.70
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9+14.29
18.40
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10+13.66
18.30
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11+13.04
18.20
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12+8.07
17.40
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12+8.07
17.40
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14+5.59
17.00
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15+4.97
16.90
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16+4.35
16.80
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16+4.35
16.80
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16+4.35
16.80
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19+3.73
16.70
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20+2.48
16.50
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21+1.86
16.40
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21+1.86
16.40
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23-3.73
15.50
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24-7.45
14.90
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24-7.45
14.90
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26-8.70
14.70
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27-9.32
14.60
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28-10.56
14.40
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29-14.91
13.70
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29-14.91
13.70
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31-18.01
13.20
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32-18.63
13.10
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33-20.50
12.80
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34-21.74
12.60
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35-22.98
12.40
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36-23.60
12.30
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37-26.71
11.80
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38-29.19
11.40
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Germany performs more favourably than the European benchmark on At-risk-of-poverty rate, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to recent departure from 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 risk is close to the European benchmark and slightly better: 16.1% versus 16.2% in 2025, a gap of 0.1 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Germany, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 16.10% in 2020 to 16.10% in 2025. The primary pattern was broadly stable, but the latest step, from 15.50% in 2024 to 16.10% in 2025, departs from that stability with a deterioration.
Regional differences in Germany
In Germany, regional differences in Poverty risk are pronounced. Across 38 comparable regions, Bremen records the highest value (27.5%) and Schwaben the lowest (11.4%), a gap of 16.1 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. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.