Persistent-at-risk-of-poverty rate

In 2025, Germany's persistent-at-risk-of-poverty rate increased by 1.6% compared to 2024, reaching 6.40.

Germany accounts for 52.5% of the EU-27 total of 12.2.

Germany ranks 20th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 7.2% (from 6.90 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespm150, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.