Disabled persons
Severely disabled people by sex, age and severe-disability rate

Severely disabled people in Germany, by gender and age group¹

Gender2 Age/years	Severely disabled people on 31 Dec. ...								Severe-disability  rate4 2023  in %
	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	20213	20233
1: Holding a valid severely handicapped person's pass. 2: People whose sex is coded as “Gender diverse” or “Not stated” (Section 22 (3) of the Civil Status Act) have been categorised on a random basis as male or female since reference year 2021 for reasons of statistical confidentiality. 3: As of 2021, the figures shown have been rounded to the nearest value divisible by 5 (confidentiality procedure). 4: Population as at 31 Dec. 2023 – Results of population updates based on the 2011 Census.
Total	7,101,682	7,289,173	7,548,965	7,615,560	7,766,573	7,902,960	7,795,340	7,862,325	9.3
Male	3,658,107	3,733,913	3,851,568	3,866,994	3,928,519	3,983,749	3,917,310	3,937,005	9.4
Female	3,443,575	3,555,260	3,697,397	3,748,566	3,838,054	3,919,211	3,878,025	3,925,320	9.2
By age: from ... to under ... years
under 4	14,275	14,194	13,928	14,703	15,495	17,008	15,995	15,820	0.5
4 to 6	14,336	14,376	14,109	14,626	15,216	17,082	18,310	20,000	1.2
6 to 15	94,708	97,988	99,847	101,493	106,756	114,153	117,420	129,310	1.8
15 to 18	38,250	38,696	41,342	43,128	44,808	45,970	46,660	49,250	2.1
18 to 25	122,155	123,983	120,515	118,560	121,408	127,187	128,725	129,665	2.1
25 to 35	210,081	223,679	236,602	245,741	251,261	255,356	251,065	249,175	2.4
35 to 45	417,603	390,234	363,342	345,138	342,298	353,716	360,280	373,675	3.4
45 to 55	874,509	916,329	931,886	910,665	860,586	790,371	700,760	639,595	6.1
55 to 60	674,299	688,194	697,958	712,128	727,492	743,272	717,010	684,955	10.1
60 to 62	331,822	354,317	348,220	341,575	342,530	349,045	353,175	354,675	13.2
62 to 65	446,115	536,489	589,609	575,511	564,522	572,128	573,365	596,415	16.1
65 or over	3,863,529	3,890,694	4,091,607	4,192,292	4,374,201	4,517,672	4,512,565	4,619,790	24.5

As at 19 July 2024