In 2022, around 17.5 percent of senior citizens in Germany were at risk of living in poverty. This figure is almost two percent higher than in 2019 and almost one percent higher than the the total figure.
At-risk-of-poverty rate of senior citizens in Germany from 2005 to 2022
¹ From 2011 based on the representation of the results of the census.
² Because of the effects of changing to a new sample in 2016 and the effects with regard to population development, the comparability of the microcensus results from the 2016 reporting year with previous years is limited.
³ The results of the 2020 microcensus have, due to methodological changes, limited comparability with results from other years. The results from 2020 are also affected by limitations in the survey and therefore should not be compared with the following years.
⁴ First results from the micro census.
Values from 2020 refer to previous publications from the source.
Figures from 2020 were taken from respective earlier reports.
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Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder. (March 15, 2023). At-risk-of-poverty rate of senior citizens in Germany from 2005 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1353383/at-risk-of-poverty-senior-citizens-germany/
Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder. "At-risk-of-poverty rate of senior citizens in Germany from 2005 to 2022." Chart. March 15, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1353383/at-risk-of-poverty-senior-citizens-germany/
Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder. (2023). At-risk-of-poverty rate of senior citizens in Germany from 2005 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1353383/at-risk-of-poverty-senior-citizens-germany/
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At-risk-of-poverty rate of senior citizens in Germany from 2005 to 2022 [Graph], Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder, March 15, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1353383/at-risk-of-poverty-senior-citizens-germany/
