Low and long-term low income; persons in part households, 2000-2014

This publication contains results on individuals in households with relatively low incomes. The low-income threshold, the policy minimum and the European poverty line, based on the median income, are used as income limits for the classification by income. For these classifications, the number of individuals is published, both absolute and in percent of the total target population. The table also provides data on the number of persons who had to reach an income below the income limit used for a long period of time (4 years and longer). The results are used, among other things, in reports on poverty. Data available from 2000 to 2014. Status of the figures The figures for the years 2001-2014 are final. Changes as of 17 January 2018: None, this table has been discontinued When are new figures coming? No longer applicable. Due to a revision of income statistics, this table is replaced. New figures are published under the theme Income and spending, see links below.