In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex in Germany
Germany: In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex was 8.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
8.7%
Change on year
down 33.1%
World rank
28th
of 44 countries
All-time high
15.5%
in 2021
All-time low
7.1%
in 2011
Years of data
21
2005–2025
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex in Germany, 2005–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex in Germany stood at 8.7%.
That represents a change of down 33.1% on the previous year and down 31.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex in Germany peaked at 15.5% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 7.1%, in 2011.
Germany ranks 28th of 44 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex in Germany, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 8.2% | — |
| 2006 | 7.2% | -12.2% |
| 2007 | 13.6% | +88.9% |
| 2008 | 8.8% | -35.3% |
| 2009 | 12.0% | +36.4% |
| 2010 | 12.4% | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 7.1% | -42.7% |
| 2012 | 8.5% | +19.7% |
| 2013 | 11.0% | +29.4% |
| 2014 | 8.8% | -20.0% |
| 2015 | 12.6% | +43.2% |
| 2016 | 13.9% | +10.3% |
| 2017 | 11.4% | -18.0% |
| 2018 | 14.4% | +26.3% |
| 2019 | 10.3% | -28.5% |
| 2020 | 13.3% | +29.1% |
| 2021 | 15.5% | +16.5% |
| 2022 | 12.7% | -18.1% |
| 2023 | 13.6% | +7.1% |
| 2024 | 13.0% | -4.4% |
| 2025 | 8.7% | -33.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.0% | 7.2% | 13.6% | 5 |
| 2010s | 11.0% | 7.1% | 14.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.8% | 8.7% | 15.5% | 6 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Germany
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.44 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 7,007 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -1.67 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 37.48 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 37.5% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex in Germany?
- In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex in Germany was 8.7% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 15.5% in 2021.
- What is the lowest in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.1% in 2011.
- How does Germany rank for in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex?
- Germany ranks 28th out of 44 countries with data for 2025.
- Is in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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