Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Germany
Germany: Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line was 1.6 in 2022. β Volatile
Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Germany, 1991β2022
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Germany recorded 1.6 for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in 2022. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of up 33.3% on the previous year and up 700.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Germany peaked at 1.6 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.2, in 1993.
Germany ranks 97th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3889 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.29 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.29 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.17 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More poverty & inequality data for Germany
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 7 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.44 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 7,007 (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 revenues vs income inequality 37.48 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -3.58 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.057 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Germany?
- Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Germany was 1.6 in 2022, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6 in 2022.
- What is the lowest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2 in 1993.
- How does Germany rank for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line?
- Germany ranks 97th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 700.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Germany data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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