Every eighth person disabled in Germany: statistics

One in eight people living in Germany is statistically disabled, said the German Federal Statistical Office, or Destatis, on Monday.

In 2013, 10.2 million people with an officially recognised disability were living in Germany, representing 13 percent of the total population, according to the Federal Statistical Office.

The majority, roughly 7.5 million people, is severely disabled, while 2.7 million people suffered from a moderate disability in Germany, as the figures showed.

The data also showed, disabilities occur mainly in the elderly German inhabitants, as 73 percent of people with disabilities were aged 55 years and older.

"The living conditions of people with disabilities aged 25 to 44 years often differs markedly from the situation of non-disabled people of the same age in Germany," said Destatis.

Statistics showed, disabled people aged 25 to 44 years are more likely to be single and to live alone than non-disabled people in this age group.

Meanwhile, the German labor market also showed a lower participation of disabled people.

According to the statistical office, the impact of the disability on the participation in the life of society is graded from 20 to 100.

People are classified as severely disabled in Germany if a pension office has determined a degree of disablement of 50 or more. As easily disabled persons are referred to with a degree of disability of less than 50. Endit