In 2022, just over 17 percent of people in East Germany were at risk of living in poverty and in West Germany there were 16.6 percent. For West Germany this was one of the highest figures seen since 2005. The statistic compares the share of those at risk of poverty in East and West Germany.
Share of those at risk of living in poverty in East and West Germany from 2005 to 2022
¹ From 2011: poverty rates were results from the microcensus with representations based on the 2011 census and before that the 1987 (West Germany) census and 1990 (East Germany) census.
² The results of the microcensus from the survey year 2020 have limited comparability with earlier years due to methodological changes. The survey year 2020 is also affected by limitations in the survey and should therefore not be used for time comparisons with subsequent years.
³ First results of the 2022 microcensus.
The figures from 2005 to 2019 can be found in earlier publications from the source.
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Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder. (May 15, 2023). Share of those at risk of living in poverty in East and West Germany from 2005 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1347144/at-risk-of-poverty-east-and-west-germany/
Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder. "Share of those at risk of living in poverty in East and West Germany from 2005 to 2022." Chart. May 15, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1347144/at-risk-of-poverty-east-and-west-germany/
Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder. (2023). Share of those at risk of living in poverty in East and West Germany from 2005 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1347144/at-risk-of-poverty-east-and-west-germany/
Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder. "Share of Those at Risk of Living in Poverty in East and West Germany from 2005 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1347144/at-risk-of-poverty-east-and-west-germany/
Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder, Share of those at risk of living in poverty in East and West Germany from 2005 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1347144/at-risk-of-poverty-east-and-west-germany/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Share of those at risk of living in poverty in East and West Germany from 2005 to 2022 [Graph], Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder, May 15, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1347144/at-risk-of-poverty-east-and-west-germany/
