One in Five Germans Face Risk of Poverty, Social Exclusion
Roughly one in five residents now confronts these hardships as of 2025, the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) revealed Tuesday.
The data represents an uptick from 2024, when 17.6 million individuals, comprising 20.9% of the populace, encountered comparable threats.
This climbing trajectory has persisted across multiple years, surging from a 19% rate—affecting 15.5 million people—documented in 2017.
Destatis indicates that poverty exposure fluctuates dramatically depending on household composition and work circumstances.
Solo dwellers register a 30.9% risk rate, while single-parent families experience 28.7% vulnerability.
Jobless individuals constitute the hardest-hit demographic, with poverty risk soaring to 64.9%.
Pensioners confront a 19.1% risk level, positioning them beneath the nationwide average.
Poverty threshold
The European Union establishes the poverty benchmark as possessing under 60% of median earnings.
According to 2025 figures, Germany's threshold stands at €1,446 ($1,705) net monthly for solo residents.
For households with two adults and two children, the cutoff reaches €3,036 monthly.
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