Extreme poverty rate — all countries

Extreme poverty rate — Western Europe

Extreme poverty rate in Western Europe in 2022 — 0.4%. Since 1997, the indicator has risen by 0.3 pp.

2022 0.4% +0.1 pp vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 0.4%2022
Period minimum 0%2006

Trend over time

1997–2022 · % of population

Extreme poverty rate — Western Europe, 1997–202200.10.20.30.41997200020032006200920122015201820211997: 0.1%1999: 0.1%2000: 0.1%2003: 0.2%2004: 0.1%2005: 0.1%2006: 0%2007: 0.1%2008: 0.1%2009: 0.1%2010: 0.1%2011: 0.1%2012: 0.1%2013: 0.1%2014: 0.1%2015: 0.1%2016: 0.1%2017: 0.1%2018: 0.1%2019: 0.2%2020: 0.2%2021: 0.3%2022: 0.4%
Change over the period: +0.3 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Europe

Western Europe 0.4%
World 10.9%
Extreme poverty rate — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 0.4 +0.1 pp
2021 0.3 +0.1 pp
2020 0.2 +0 pp
2019 0.2 +0.1 pp
2018 0.1 −0 pp
2017 0.1 +0 pp
2016 0.1 −0 pp
2015 0.1 +0.1 pp
2014 0.1 −0 pp
2013 0.1 −0 pp
2012 0.1 +0 pp
2011 0.1 −0 pp
2010 0.1 −0 pp
2009 0.1 +0 pp
2008 0.1 +0 pp
2007 0.1 +0.1 pp
2006 0 −0.1 pp
2005 0.1 −0 pp
2004 0.1 −0.1 pp
2003 0.2
2000 0.1 −0 pp
1999 0.1
1997 0.1

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.