As a result of a study in Germany, 13 million people lived below poverty last year.
The Paritaet Welfare Association published in the report, the number of poor people in Germany last year, an increase of 1.1 % compared to 2023 % of the total population increased to 15.5 %. This says that one of 6 people living in Germany means poor, 13 million people in the country live below poverty. The report was announced that 5.2 million out of 13 million people were significantly short of financial shortage, for example, heating their homes or changing old clothes. Rental prices and housing costs, in Germany are an important factor in increasing the poverty rate in the report, 37 % of poor households, more than 40 percent of income to spend more than 40 percent of housing pointed out. The report said that 25 percent of poor households faced serious financial challenges such as food, health and education, such as unable to meet the basic needs and that was worrying. “Losing buying in recent years has worsened the difficult financial situation,” Joachim Rock, director of the Paritaet Welfare Association, said, “In recent years, millions of people have been affected by this situation worse.” He said. Rock emphasized that the new government should bring the struggle against poverty and eliminate society at the beginning of the agenda. The average income in Germany was identified as 921 euros in the form of inflation. 30 percent of poor domestic classes include foreigners.