Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Germany
Germany: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) was 14.7% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Germany, 1991–2020
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Germany stood at 14.7%. That is the lowest value across all 30 years on record.
The figure is down 15.7% on the previous year and down 33.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Germany peaked at 31.0% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 14.7%, in 2020.
That places Germany 112th out of 119 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 27.5% | 24.5% | 31.0% | 9 |
| 2000s | 23.5% | 22.7% | 25.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.8% | 17.5% | 23.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.7% | 14.7% | 14.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More poverty & inequality data for Germany
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 surveys (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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 37.5% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.057 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 19.7% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0758 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0758 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0924 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1435 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Germany?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Germany was 14.7% in 2020, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 31.0% in 1991.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.7% in 2020.
- How does Germany rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Germany ranks 112th out of 119 countries with data for 2020.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Germany data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.