Subjective poverty by tenure status in Germany
Germany: Subjective poverty by tenure status 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 tenure status in Germany, 2010–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, subjective poverty by tenure status in Germany stood at 7.5%.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, subjective poverty by tenure status in Germany peaked at 9.7% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5.2%, in 2019.
Germany ranks 34th of 36 countries on this measure, 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 | 7.7% | 5.2% | 9.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.6% | 5.7% | 9.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Germany
- 31 Iceland 9.5% 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
- 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 subjective poverty by tenure status in Germany?
- Subjective poverty by tenure status in Germany was 7.5% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest subjective poverty by tenure status recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 9.7% in 2023.
- What is the lowest subjective poverty by tenure status recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.2% in 2019.
- How does Germany rank for subjective poverty by tenure status?
- Germany ranks 34th out of 36 countries with data for 2025.
- Is subjective poverty by tenure status 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 tenure status. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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