Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Germany

1.6% of people in Germany lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.

Measure: Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1991 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Germany, 2022 1.6% % of population
Change from 2021 +0.4percentage points 2021: 1.2%
World, 2022 48.3% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2022 1.6% Middle value of 25 countries

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Germany over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period GermanyWorld
2024 – 46.2%
2023 – 47.1%
2022 1.6% 48.3%
2021 1.2% 48.7%
2020 0.7% 50.4%
2019 0.4% –
2018 0.3% 50.4%
2017 0.5% 51.5%
2016 0.2% 52.4%
2015 0.2% 53.5%
2014 0.4% 54.7%
2013 0.2% 55.8%
2012 0.2% 57.5%
2011 0.2% 58.8%
2010 0.3% 60.2%
2009 0.3% 61.7%
2008 0.2% 62.5%
2007 0.2% 63.6%
2006 0.2% 65.0%
2005 0.3% 66.2%
2004 0.4% 67.4%
2003 0.4% 68.7%
2002 0.3% 69.3%
2001 0.3% 70.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 1.2% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 0.2%, the figure has changed by +1.4 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 48.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.UMIC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1991 to 2022 for Germany
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform