Poverty & Inequality in Germany 156 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Germany. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality 41.6% 2022 up 16.9% 11th Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty 21.2% 2025 up 6.0% 20th Material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 10.7% 2025 down 4.5% 20th Material and social deprivation rate by tenure status 10.7% 2025 down 4.5% 20th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by level of disability 28.5% 2025 up 41.1% 11th Severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability 5.5% 2025 up 103.7% 15th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex 17,522 Thousand persons 2025 up 9.0% 4th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3091 2022 up 7.0% 21st Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population 0.312 2022 up 6.7% 14th Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation 82,739 Thousand persons 2025 up 2.7% 2nd Mean number of deprivation items among the deprived 8.5 Average 2025 up 4.9% 7th Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age and a risk of 4.0% 2025 up 37.9% 12th Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 11.9% 2025 up 77.6% 17th Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 11.9% 2025 up 77.6% 17th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status 17,360 Thousand persons 2025 up 8.0% 2nd Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty 4.0% 2025 up 37.9% 12th Persons who cannot afford a personal car by sex, age and risk of 6.6% 2025 down 7.0% 18th Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age 3.0% 2025 up 100.0% 14th Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status 5.6% 2025 down 1.8% 14th Severe material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 4,600 Thousand persons 2025 up 5.6% 2nd Share in multidimensional poverty according to national definitions 20.9% 2024 up 1.5% 20th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion - EU2030 target 17,522 Thousand persons 2025 up 9.0% 2nd Material deprivation for the 'Durables' dimension, by number of item 93.0% 2020 down 0.3% 22nd Material and social deprivation rate by age, sex and most frequent 9.1% 2025 up 82.0% 15th Severe material deprivation rate by age and sex 4,604 Thousand persons 2020 up 25.4% 4th Proportion of population below the international poverty line of 0.0% 2015 — 62nd Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3% 2023 up 3.3% 12th Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status 5.6% 2020 up 24.4% 21st Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status - EU 21.6% 2020 up 9.6% 22nd At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2019) by 16.9% 2025 up 14.2% 3rd Severe material and social deprivation by age, sex and most frequent 17 Thousand persons 2025 up 466.7% 2nd Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex - EU 1,366 Cumulative difference from 2008, in thousands 2020 up 456.7% 3rd Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio 24.0% 2020 up 21.8% 16th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, female 24.8% 2020 up 18.7% 14th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, male 23.2% 2020 up 24.7% 13th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, children 25.4% 2020 up 17.1% 13th ← Previous Page 3 of 3