From this net salary onwards you are considered “poor” in Germany – are you one of them too?. As of: February 13, 2024, 7:18 a.m By: Madlen Trefzer CommentsPressSplit While energy costs and food prices continue to rise, the poverty line is getting closer for many citizens.

“In Germany, the proportion of poor people has increased significantly in the last decade,” says the 2022 report from the Economic and Social Sciences Institute.