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Press release No. 190 of 16 May 2023 Just over one-fifth of Germany’s population at risk of poverty or social exclusion
Just over 17.3 million people in Germany were affected by poverty or social exclusion in 2022. This equated to 20.9% of the population, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports on the basis of first results of the survey on income and living …
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Press release No. 138 of 5 April 2023 Number of recipients of basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity up by 6.0% at the end of 2022
In December 2022, just under 1.2 million people received basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity in accordance with the German Social Code, Book XII (SGB XII). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that …
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Press release No. N 062 of 5 October 2022 One fifth of the population in Germany had an annual net income of less than 16,300 euros in 2021
Introducing an electricity price freeze, raising the children's allowance, one-off payments to students and pensioners and a higher housing allowance for more people entitled – the Federal Government has adopted a variety of measures as part of the …
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Press release No. 327 of 4 August 2022 Relative risk of poverty in Germany at 15.8% in 2021
Roughly 13.0 million people in Germany were at risk of poverty in 2021. This is 15.8% of Germany's population. The proportion of people at risk of poverty in the population thus is at roughly the same level as a year earlier, as reported by the …
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Press release No. 180 of 28 April 2022 2.2% more people received basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity in December 2021
In December 2021, well over 1.1 million people received basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity in accordance with the German Social Code, Book XII (SGB XII). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that …
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Press release No. 188 of 14 April 2021 December 2020: 1.3% more people received basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity
In December 2020, just under 1.1 million people received basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity in accordance with the German Social Code, Book XII (SGB XII). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports …
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Press release No. N 008 of 28 January 2021 3.1 million persons in employment at risk of poverty in Germany in 2019
Many persons in employment have incurred severe income losses due to the coronavirus pandemic, for example because of short-time work. Even before the crisis, employment did not protect all persons in employment from the risk of poverty. The Federal …
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Press release No. 434 of 30 October 2020 CORRECTION: Number of recipients of minimum social security benefits down 4.6% in 2019
Just under 6.9 million people in Germany received minimum social security benefits at the end of 2019. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a decline of 4.6% compared with the end of 2018 when roughly 7.2 million …
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Press release No. N 062 of 30 September 2020 International Day of Older Persons: risk of poverty rose most strongly among 65-plus generation since 2005
The 65-plus generation in Germany faces an increasing risk of poverty. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the proportion of those aged over 64 who are at risk of poverty, measured by the federal median, has increased by 4.7 …
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Press release No. 140 of 22 April 2020 December 2019: 0.6% more people received basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity
In December 2019, roughly 1,085,000 people in Germany received basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity in accordance with the German Social Code, Book XII (SGB XII). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also …
