List of German states by poverty rate

This is a list of German states by poverty rate. The national poverty rate by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany and international poverty rate used by the World Bank is used in the following lists. The estimates therefore differ.

List (national estimate)

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Poverty rate of States according to the national estimate in 2019. Persons in poverty had less than 60 percent of the median income at their disposal (below 1,074 euros per month per person in 2019).[1]

Rank State Poverty rate
1   Bremen 24.9%
2   Saxony-Anhalt 19.5%
3   Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 19.4%
4   Berlin 19.3%
5   North Rhine-Westphalia 18.5%
Eastern Germany 17.9%
6   Saxony 17.2%
7   Lower Saxony 17.1%
8   Thuringia 17.0%
  Saarland 17.0%
10   Hesse 16.1%
  Germany (average) 15.9%
11   Rhineland-Palatinate 15.6%
Western Germany 15.4%
12   Brandenburg 15.2%
13   Hamburg 15.0%
14   Schleswig-Holstein 14.5%
15   Baden-Württemberg 12.3%
16   Bavaria 11.9%

List (international estimate)

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Percent of population living on less than $2.15, $3.65 and $6.85 a day, international dollars (2017 PPP) as per the World Bank.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Armutsgefährdungsquoten nach Bundesländern". bpb.de (in German). Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  2. ^ "Geospatial Poverty Portal: Interactive Maps". World Bank. Retrieved 2024-01-22.