Around 14 per cent of the population lives below the relative poverty line, set at 60 per cent of the median income. The poverty rate has increased in recent years, and although this is linked to the rise in unemployment, the number of working poor has also grown.
There are around 13.1 million children living in Germany. It is estimated that 16 per cent of children are living in homes that earn less than 50 per cent of the median income. Children who live in single-parent households are most affected.
About one quarter of young people between the ages of 19 and 25 live below the poverty line, a group that has experienced the biggest increase in poverty in the past decade.
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