Majorities in former West and East Germany say East has not yet achieved same living standards as West % who say East Germany achieved the same standard of living as West Germany
Germans in both areas say living standards in the former East have not yet caught up with those in the former West. Around three-quarters of people in the former East Germany (74%) and around two-thirds of those in the former West (66%) say the East still has not achieved the same living standards as the West, according to the Center’s recent survey, which was conducted among representative samples of adults in both areas as part of a larger study of Europe.
Majorities in former West and East  | Germany say East has not yet achieved  | same living standards as West  | % who say East Germany achieved the  | same standard of living as West Germany  | since unification  | Has  | West Germany  | 66  | Has not  | Has  | 23  | East Germany  | Has not  | Note: West and East Germany respondents live in pre 1990  | Federal Republic of Germany and former German  | Democratic Republic, respectively,  | Source: Spring 2019 Global Attitudes Survey, Q19.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 