Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Germany
Germany: Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median was 18.3% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median 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, relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Germany stood at 18.3%. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Germany peaked at 18.3% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 13.7%, in 1993.
That places Germany 57th out of 120 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Germany, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 14.5% | — |
| 1992 | 14.2% | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 13.7% | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 15.8% | +15.3% |
| 1995 | 15.0% | -5.1% |
| 1996 | 14.6% | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 14.7% | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 13.8% | -6.1% |
| 1999 | 13.9% | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 14.2% | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 13.9% | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 14.0% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 14.6% | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 14.6% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 15.9% | +8.9% |
| 2006 | 14.8% | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 15.2% | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 14.6% | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 15.3% | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 15.3% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 14.8% | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 16.2% | +9.5% |
| 2013 | 16.1% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 16.6% | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 16.4% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 17.1% | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 16.8% | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 17.1% | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 17.0% | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 16.7% | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 17.9% | +7.2% |
| 2022 | 18.3% | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.5% | 13.7% | 15.8% | 9 |
| 2000s | 14.7% | 13.9% | 15.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.3% | 14.8% | 17.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.6% | 16.7% | 18.3% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Germany?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Germany was 18.3% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 18.3% in 2022.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.7% in 1993.
- How does Germany rank for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median?
- Germany ranks 57th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below 60% of the median.