Poverty & Inequality in Germany 156 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Germany. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 surveys 2025 down 30.0% 45th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 31.5% 105th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 52.5% 142nd Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.44 live births per woman 2023 up 1.8% 185th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 7,007 kg per hectare 2023 down 4.2% 15th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 20.1% 173rd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -1.67 % change on previous year 2023 down 132.9% 124th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 37.48 2023 up 1.5% 14th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 37.5% 2023 up 1.5% 14th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 15.3% 178th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -3.58 % change on previous year 2023 down 495.3% 150th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -12.5 % change on previous year 2025 — 106th Gender Inequality Index 0.057 2023 down 26.0% 149th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 19.7% 2023 up 20.5% 92nd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0758 2023 down 3.1% 206th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0758 2023 down 3.1% 206th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0924 2023 down 2.6% 197th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.7% 2022 up 600.0% 78th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.6% 2022 — 54th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.9% 2022 up 800.0% 82nd Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.6% 2022 up 700.0% 100th Prosperity gap 1.1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2022 up 83.3% 99th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1435 2023 down 3.8% 155th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.6% 2022 up 500.0% 74th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 13.3% 2022 up 22.0% 96th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.9% 2022 up 800.0% 97th Population living in slums 0.0% 2022 — 158th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.89 2023 up 1.6% 8th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.89 2023 up 1.6% 8th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.89 2023 up 1.6% 8th Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.7% 2022 up 600.0% 81st Three metrics of inequality 49 2022 up 1.6% 84th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.49 2022 up 1.6% 84th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 706.79 2023 up 9.7% 22nd Income share held by second 20% 12.8% 2022 down 0.8% 37th Income share held by third 20% 17.0% 2022 unchanged 36th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.3% 2022 down 0.9% 55th Income share held by highest 20% 40.9% 2022 up 4.1% 73rd Income share held by highest 10% 26.2% 2022 up 7.4% 65th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.3% 2022 down 30.3% 84th Income share held by lowest 20% 6.9% 2022 down 15.9% 75th Gini index 33.7 2022 up 9.1% 67th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 12.5% 2022 up 28.9% 52nd Total shortfall from extreme poverty 508.64 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2022 up 1,444.8% 37th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.6% 2022 up 1,393.7% 55th At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 16.1% 2025 down 3.6% 24th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.3654 2022 down 1.7% 87th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 24.4% 2025 down 2.8% 23rd Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3654 2022 down 1.7% 87th Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 10.7% 2025 down 4.5% 18th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 45,620 2017 up 26.0% 11th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 21.2% 2025 up 6.0% 17th Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 5.6% 2025 down 1.8% 14th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 37.6% 2022 up 3.6% 78th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 13.3% 2022 up 5.6% 65th Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 5.6% 2020 up 24.4% 20th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 21.6% 2020 up 9.6% 21st Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 41.3% 2024 down 0.3% 8th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.7% 2022 up 600.0% 75th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3366 2022 up 8.9% 65th Page 1 of 3 Next →