Subjective poverty by sex and age in Germany
Germany: Subjective poverty by sex and age was 7.5 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
7.5
Change on year
up 2.7%
World rank
34th
of 36 countries
All-time high
9.7
in 2023
All-time low
5.2
in 2019
Years of data
16
2010–2025
Subjective poverty by sex and age in Germany, 2010–2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
The most recent figure for subjective poverty by sex and age in Germany is 7.5, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, subjective poverty by sex and age in Germany peaked at 9.7 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5.2, in 2019.
That places Germany 34th out of 36 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 7.65 | 5.2 | 9.4 | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.57 | 5.7 | 9.7 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Germany
- 31 Iceland 9.4 compare
- 32 Norway 9.1 compare
- 33 Finland 8.9 compare
- 35 Netherlands 7.3 compare
- 36 Luxembourg 7.1 compare
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)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 37.48 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.057 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 19.69 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.0758 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.0758 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.0924 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.1435 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is subjective poverty by sex and age in Germany?
- Subjective poverty by sex and age in Germany was 7.5 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest subjective poverty by sex and age recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 9.7 in 2023.
- What is the lowest subjective poverty by sex and age recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.2 in 2019.
- How does Germany rank for subjective poverty by sex and age?
- Germany ranks 34th out of 36 countries with data for 2025.
- Is subjective poverty by sex and age rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Germany data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Subjective poverty by sex and age. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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