Alarming numbers: 1.3 million Lower Saxony endangered in poverty!

Alarming numbers: 1.3 million Lower Saxony endangered in poverty!

Niedersachsen, Deutschland - In Lower Saxony, poverty is an urgent topic that affects many people. Current figures show that in 2024 around 1.3 million people were affected by relative income poverty. This is the risk of poverty in the state of 16.6 percent, an increase of 0.2 percentage points compared to the previous year, reports regionalheute.de .

Who is particularly at risk? Single parents in particular are badly affected: their risk of poverty is 40.9 percent. This also has an impact on the children: 20.1 percent of minor children and adolescents in Lower Saxony are at risk of poverty. The numbers therefore show that families and single parents in particular are under pressure.

poverty risks according to age groups

Another look at the statistics reveals that young adults under the age of 25 are particularly often affected by poverty at 25.4 percent. But the older generation has not been spared either: 18.3 percent of the over 65-year-olds are at risk of poverty, an increase of 0.4 percentage points compared to the previous year. In addition, the group of 50 to 65-year-olds also knows an increase in poverty with 12.2 percent.

The poverty risk also shows very different depending on the budget structure. Households with two adults and one child have a poverty rate of 8.3 percent, while couple households with three or more children even reach 27.8 percent. In comparison, the poverty rate for one -person households is 28.8 percent, a significant number that indicates the challenges in front of which people live alone.

migration background and level of education as influencing factors

A striking factor that influences the risk of poverty is the level of education. People with a low level of education are affected above average: 31.5 percent of them are at risk of poverty. In contrast, the poverty rate for people with a high level of education is only 7.6 percent. The migration background also plays a role: While the poverty risk in people without a migration background is 11.8 percent, it is 30.1 percent with a migration background, such as bmfsfj.de reported.