Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Germany
Germany: Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age was 3.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Germany, 2015–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
The most recent figure for persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Germany is 3.0%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 14.3% on the previous year and up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Germany peaked at 3.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.3%, in 2018.
Germany ranks 14th of 43 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Germany, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1.5% | — |
| 2016 | 1.4% | -6.7% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | +14.3% |
| 2018 | 1.3% | -18.8% |
| 2019 | 1.4% | +7.7% |
| 2020 | 1.9% | +35.7% |
| 2021 | 2.3% | +21.1% |
| 2022 | 2.9% | +26.1% |
| 2023 | 3.4% | +17.2% |
| 2024 | 3.5% | +2.9% |
| 2025 | 3.0% | -14.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.6% | 5 |
| 2020s | 2.8% | 1.9% | 3.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Germany
- 12 Spain 3.2% compare
- 12 Italy 3.2% compare
- 15 Netherlands 2.7% compare
- 15 Netherlands 2.7% compare
- 17 Greece 2.5% compare
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 persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Germany?
- Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Germany was 3.0% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 3.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3% in 2018.
- How does Germany rank for persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age?
- Germany ranks 14th out of 43 countries with data for 2025.
- Is persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. 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 Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age, sex and risk of poverty threshold. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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