Number of left-wing extremists in Germany 2016-2020

Published by
Kasia Davies,
Nov 10, 2022
This statistic shows the number of left-wing extremists in Germany from 2016 to 2020. In 2020, there were a total of 35,400 left-wing extremists in Germany. Among them, 9,600 were violence-oriented.

Number of left-wing extremists in Germany from 2016 to 2020

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Release date

June 2021

Region

Germany

Survey time period

2016 to 2020

Supplementary notes

* Until 2017 only the number of left-wing extremists ready to use violence was displayed. From 2018, the number of left-wing extremists has been broken down for the first time to include the number of violence-oriented dogmatic left-wing extremists.

According to the source, figures are partly estimates and have been rounded.

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