Like everything, it's very different across Europe. Best case, social mobility is pretty good. Worst case it's a little worse than the US. https://www.dw.com/e

Like everything, it's very different across Europe. Best case, social mobility is pretty good. Worst case it's a little worse than the US. https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-social-mobility-among-poorest-worse-than-in-the-united-states-oecd/a-44245702 https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-social-mobility-among-poorest... >In Germany, it would take a child whose parents' earnings are in the bottom 10 percent of the population six generations or 180 years to reach the average national income. >The average across the entire OECD, a group of 37 industrialized countries, is five generations. Children in low-income families in Denmark would need two generations, while children in the United States would need five generations.