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.
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)
- 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 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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About this data
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.