Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Germany
Germany: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 11.1% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Germany, 1991–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Germany stood at 11.1%.
The figure is up 15.6% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Germany peaked at 15.4% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 8.8%, in 2020.
That places Germany 109th out of 120 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Germany, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 15.4% | — |
| 1992 | 13.6% | -11.7% |
| 1993 | 12.9% | -5.1% |
| 1994 | 15.0% | +16.3% |
| 1995 | 14.0% | -6.7% |
| 1996 | 13.1% | -6.4% |
| 1997 | 13.8% | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 12.0% | -13.0% |
| 1999 | 11.6% | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 11.1% | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 11.7% | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 10.9% | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 11.3% | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 11.2% | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 12.5% | +11.6% |
| 2006 | 12.1% | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 11.2% | -7.4% |
| 2008 | 11.2% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 11.5% | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 11.1% | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 11.0% | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 11.7% | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 11.7% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 11.8% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 11.3% | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 10.8% | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 10.5% | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 9.5% | -9.5% |
| 2019 | 9.8% | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 8.8% | -10.2% |
| 2021 | 9.6% | +9.1% |
| 2022 | 11.1% | +15.6% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 11.1% is below the median for high income countries, which is 19.3%, 58% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Germany's 11.1% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 40.5%, 27% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.5% | 11.6% | 15.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | 11.5% | 10.9% | 12.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.9% | 9.5% | 11.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.8% | 8.8% | 11.1% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More poverty & inequality data for Germany
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Germany?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Germany was 11.1% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 15.4% in 1991.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.8% in 2020.
- How does Germany rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Germany ranks 109th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. 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 (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.