Extreme poverty rate — all countries

Extreme poverty rate — European Union

Extreme poverty rate in the European Union in 2023 — 0.5%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.6 pp.

2023 0.5% −0.1 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 1.1%2000
Period minimum 0.5%2023

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of population

Extreme poverty rate — European Union, 2000–20230.40.60.811.22000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 1.1%2003: 0.8%2004: 0.9%2005: 0.7%2006: 1%2007: 0.8%2008: 0.6%2009: 0.7%2010: 0.8%2011: 0.9%2012: 1%2013: 1%2014: 1%2015: 1%2016: 0.9%2017: 0.7%2018: 0.7%2019: 0.5%2020: 0.5%2021: 0.5%2022: 0.5%2023: 0.5%
Change over the period: −0.6 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: European Union

European Union 0.5%
World 10.6%
Extreme poverty rate — European Union, by year European Union All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 0.5 −0.1 pp
2022 0.5 +0 pp
2021 0.5 −0 pp
2020 0.5 +0 pp
2019 0.5 −0.1 pp
2018 0.7 −0.1 pp
2017 0.7 −0.2 pp
2016 0.9 −0.2 pp
2015 1 +0.1 pp
2014 1 −0.1 pp
2013 1 +0.1 pp
2012 1 +0.1 pp
2011 0.9 +0.1 pp
2010 0.8 +0.1 pp
2009 0.7 +0.1 pp
2008 0.6 −0.1 pp
2007 0.8 −0.3 pp
2006 1 +0.3 pp
2005 0.7 −0.2 pp
2004 0.9 +0.1 pp
2003 0.8
2000 1.1

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption or income falls below the international extreme poverty line — $2.15 a day in 2017 prices at purchasing power parity. This is the very indicator by which the first UN Sustainable Development Goal is tracked. The line is revised as the PPP conversion factors are updated, so historical values are recalculated retrospectively.

Important: The estimates are built on household surveys held once every few years; between surveys the values are interpolated.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.