Unemployed in Germany faces high risk of falling into proverty report says

According to European Statistics office Eurostat figures released on today, those who are unemployed in Germany face a much higher risk of falling into poverty than in any other European Union member state.

After analyzing data from 2016, Eurostat found that the risk of poverty for the unemployed in Germany is at 70.8 percent.

The countries with the lowest risk poverty for the unemployed — all under 40 percent — were France, Cyprus and Finland.