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Extreme poverty rate — United Kingdom

Extreme poverty rate in the United Kingdom in 2021 — 0.4%. Ranked 31 in the world out of 81. Since 1968, the indicator has risen by 0.2 pp.

2021 0.4% −0.1 pp vs 2020
World rank 31of 81
Period maximum 0.5%2020
Period minimum 0%1973

Trend over time

1968–2021 · % of population

Extreme poverty rate — United Kingdom, 1968–202100.20.40.619681974198019861992199820042010201620211968: 0.2%1969: 0.2%1970: 0.1%1971: 0.1%1972: 0.2%1973: 0%1974: 0.2%1975: 0.2%1976: 0.1%1977: 0.2%1978: 0.1%1979: 0.1%1980: 0.1%1981: 0.1%1982: 0.1%1983: 0.1%1984: 0.1%1985: 0.1%1986: 0.3%1987: 0.1%1988: 0.1%1989: 0.2%1990: 0.1%1991: 0.1%1992: 0.1%1993: 0.2%1994: 0.4%1995: 0.3%1996: 0.2%1997: 0.2%1998: 0.3%1999: 0.3%2000: 0.3%2001: 0.3%2002: 0.3%2003: 0.3%2004: 0.3%2005: 0.3%2006: 0.3%2007: 0.3%2008: 0.4%2009: 0.4%2010: 0.3%2011: 0.3%2012: 0.4%2013: 0.2%2014: 0.4%2015: 0.3%2016: 0.4%2017: 0.4%2018: 0.4%2019: 0.4%2020: 0.5%2021: 0.4%
Change over the period: +0.2 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United Kingdom

United Kingdom 0.4%
World 11.3%
Europe & Central Asia 0.8%
Northern Europe computed 0.4%
Extreme poverty rate — United Kingdom, by year United Kingdom All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 0.4 −0.1 pp
2020 0.5 +0.1 pp
2019 0.4 +0 pp
2018 0.4 +0 pp
2017 0.4 +0 pp
2016 0.4 +0.1 pp
2015 0.3 −0.1 pp
2014 0.4 +0.2 pp
2013 0.2 −0.2 pp
2012 0.4 +0.1 pp
2011 0.3 +0 pp
2010 0.3 −0.1 pp
2009 0.4 +0 pp
2008 0.4 +0.1 pp
2007 0.3 +0 pp
2006 0.3 +0 pp
2005 0.3 +0 pp
2004 0.3 +0 pp
2003 0.3 +0 pp
2002 0.3 +0 pp
2001 0.3 +0 pp
2000 0.3 +0 pp
1999 0.3 +0 pp
1998 0.3 +0.1 pp
1997 0.2 +0 pp
1996 0.2 −0.1 pp
1995 0.3 −0.1 pp
1994 0.4 +0.2 pp
1993 0.2 +0.1 pp
1992 0.1 +0 pp
1991 0.1 +0 pp
1990 0.1 −0.1 pp
1989 0.2 +0.1 pp
1988 0.1 +0 pp
1987 0.1 −0.2 pp
1986 0.3 +0.2 pp
1985 0.1 +0 pp
1984 0.1 +0 pp
1983 0.1 +0 pp
1982 0.1 +0 pp
1981 0.1 +0 pp
1980 0.1 +0 pp
1979 0.1 +0 pp
1978 0.1 −0.1 pp
1977 0.2 +0.1 pp
1976 0.1 −0.1 pp
1975 0.2 +0 pp
1974 0.2 +0.2 pp
1973 0 −0.2 pp
1972 0.2 +0.1 pp
1971 0.1 +0 pp
1970 0.1 −0.1 pp
1969 0.2 +0 pp
1968 0.2 —

Northern Europe, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

FI Finland 0 IE Ireland 0.1 DK Denmark 0.2 NO Norway 0.2 EE Estonia 0.3 LT Lithuania 0.3 GB United Kingdom 0.4 LV Latvia 0.5 SE Sweden 0.6
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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.

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The share of the poor by the line a country has set for itself.

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