Yearly poverty threshold in Germany 2022

The amount of money both single people and families need to earn in order to be over the risk of poverty threshold in Germany has been generally increasing over the past few years. In 2022, for a household with two parents and two children, the poverty threshold was 31,500 euros, a slight increase compared with 2021.

Threshold for the risk of poverty on the basis of the yearly equivalised income in Germany 2009-2022, by household size (in euros)

Characteristic	Single-person household	Two adults with two children under 14
2022***	15,000	31,500
2021	14,968	31,432
2020**	15,605	32,770
2019	14,109	29,628
2018	13,628	28,618
2017	13,152	27,620
2016	12,765	26,807
2015	12,401	26,041
2014	11,840	24,864
2013	11,749	24,673
2012	11,757	24,690
2011	11,426	23,994
2010	11,278	23,684
2009	11,151	23,418

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Release date

May 2023

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

2009 to 2022

Supplementary notes

*According to the EU convention, 60% of the median equivalized income of the population (in private households) represents the threshold for poverty risk in the population. The equivalized income is calculated based on the household net income and is a needs-weighted per capita income per household member.

** Timeline break. Comparability with previous years limited due to change in survey from voluntary to partially information-required.

Life in Europe is the title of the German survey as part of the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) conducted across Europe. About 14,000 households in Germany are surveyed every year for Life in Europe. The households were surveyed for four consecutive years, which allows a longitudinal evaluation of the results. Starting in 2020, this survey was integrated into the microcensus as a sub-sample.

*** First results of the microcensus.

Living in Europe is the name of the German survey as part of the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), which is carried out across Europe. Around 14,000 households in Germany were surveyed every year until 2019 about living in Europe. Starting in 2020, this survey was integrated into the subsample microcensus.

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