# At risk of poverty or social exclusion rate (AROPE) in Germany

At risk of poverty or social exclusion rate (AROPE) in Germany was 21.2% in 2025. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

- Indicator id: `at_risk_of_poverty_or_social_exclusion_rate`
- Place id: `de`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People who are at risk of poverty (equivalised disposable income below 60% of the national median after social transfers), severely materially and socially deprived, or living in a household with very low work intensity, as a percentage of the total population. Each person is counted once even if more than one condition applies.
- Note: The headline EU 2030 social target indicator, in the definition used since 2021 and back-calculated to 2015. Wider than the at-risk-of-poverty rate (at_risk_of_poverty_rate), which counts low income only. From the EU statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC). Income refers to the previous calendar year in most countries. Eurostat flags series breaks; they are stored as status break.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion, percentage of the total population (ilc_peps01n) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_peps01n/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- License: Eurostat reuse policy (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: Eurostat. Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion, percentage of the total population (ilc_peps01n). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_peps01n/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/at-risk-of-poverty-or-social-exclusion-rate/germany
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=at_risk_of_poverty_or_social_exclusion_rate&place=de

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 21.2 |
| 2024 | 21.1 |
| 2023 | 21.3 |
| 2022 | 21.1 |
| 2021 | 21 |
| 2020 | 20.4 (break) |
| 2019 | 17.3 |
| 2018 | 18.5 |
| 2017 | 18.8 |
| 2016 | 19.8 |
| 2015 | 20 |