Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Germany
Germany: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day was 1.6% in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 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
Germany recorded 1.6% for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 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, poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 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.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Germany, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.3% | — |
| 1992 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.2% | -33.3% |
| 1994 | 0.7% | +250.0% |
| 1995 | 0.6% | -14.3% |
| 1996 | 0.4% | -33.3% |
| 1997 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.3% | -25.0% |
| 1999 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | +33.3% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.3% | -25.0% |
| 2006 | 0.2% | -33.3% |
| 2007 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | +50.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | -33.3% |
| 2012 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | +100.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | -50.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | +150.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | -40.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | +33.3% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | +75.0% |
| 2021 | 1.2% | +71.4% |
| 2022 | 1.6% | +33.3% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 1.6% is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.5%, 1.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Germany's 1.6% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2.6%, 61% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Germany changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +250.0% | 0.2% | 0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.2% | 0.7% | 1.6% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More poverty & inequality data for Germany
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $8.30 a day in Germany?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Germany was 1.6% 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 $8.30 a day recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6% in 2022.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1993.
- How does Germany rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day?
- Germany ranks 97th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 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 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 $8.30 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 $8.30 per day.