- Malgré la position moyenne de l'Allemagne au sein de l'UE en matière de pauvreté, la probabilité que les enfants menacés de pauvreté soient exclus est supérieure à la moyenne.
- Selon les Statisticiens Fédéraux, environ 23,9 % des enfants et adolescents allemands étaient menacés de pauvreté et d'exclusion sociale en 2023.
- D'après les statistiques communs EU-SILC sur les revenus et les conditions de vie, les taux de risque de pauvreté parmi les enfants et les adolescents sont un facteur important pour comprendre la pauvreté et l'exclusion sociale, au niveau de l'UE.
2,1 millions d'enfants menacés de pauvreté en Allemagne
Approximately 14 percent of children and adolescents under 18 in Germany were at risk of poverty in the previous year, according to the Federal Statistical Office. This corresponds to 2.1 million children and adolescents. The poverty risk rate for minors was slightly lower than that of the overall population (14.4 percent).
Children and adolescents are considered at risk of poverty if they have less than 60 percent of the median income of the overall population. In 2023, the threshold for single adults in Germany was €1,314 net per month, and for households with two adults and two children under 14 years old, it was €2,759 net per month.
The likelihood that children and adolescents are threatened by poverty also depends on their parents' education. In 2023, the poverty risk rate for children and adolescents whose parents had a lower educational attainment (lower secondary school diploma without a vocational qualification) was 36.8 percent. Among children and adolescents of parents with a medium educational attainment (completed vocational training or Abitur), the poverty risk rate was 14.3 percent. If the parents had a higher educational attainment (master's title or completed degree), 5.8 percent of the children and adolescents were at risk of poverty.
Approximately 23.9 percent of minors in Germany were at risk of both poverty and social exclusion in 2023, which was below the EU average of 24.8 percent. The least affected by poverty and exclusion were children and adolescents in Slovenia (10.7 percent), followed by Finland (13.8 percent) and the Netherlands (14.3 percent). The highest percentage was in Romania, Spain, and Bulgaria (39%, 34.5%, and 33.9%, respectively).
In total, there were approximately 19.9 million children and adolescents at risk of poverty or exclusion in the EU in 2023. The EU-SILC common statistics on income and living conditions serve as the official main data source for measuring poverty risk in both Germany and the EU.
