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Poverty at $3.65 a day — United Kingdom

Poverty at $3.65 a day in the United Kingdom in 2021 — 0.5%. Ranked 26 in the world out of 81. Since 1968, the indicator has risen by 0.3 pp.

2021 0.5% −0.1 pp vs 2020
World rank 26of 81
Period maximum 0.6%2020
Period minimum 0.1%1971

Trend over time

1968–2021 · % of population

Poverty at $3.65 a day — United Kingdom, 1968–202100.20.40.619681974198019861992199820042010201620211968: 0.2%1969: 0.3%1970: 0.2%1971: 0.1%1972: 0.4%1973: 0.1%1974: 0.3%1975: 0.2%1976: 0.1%1977: 0.3%1978: 0.1%1979: 0.1%1980: 0.1%1981: 0.2%1982: 0.2%1983: 0.2%1984: 0.2%1985: 0.2%1986: 0.3%1987: 0.1%1988: 0.2%1989: 0.2%1990: 0.2%1991: 0.2%1992: 0.3%1993: 0.3%1994: 0.4%1995: 0.4%1996: 0.3%1997: 0.3%1998: 0.4%1999: 0.4%2000: 0.3%2001: 0.4%2002: 0.4%2003: 0.4%2004: 0.3%2005: 0.4%2006: 0.3%2007: 0.4%2008: 0.5%2009: 0.4%2010: 0.4%2011: 0.5%2012: 0.5%2013: 0.3%2014: 0.4%2015: 0.4%2016: 0.4%2017: 0.4%2018: 0.5%2019: 0.5%2020: 0.6%2021: 0.5%
Change over the period: +0.3 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

United Kingdom 0.5%
World 21.4%
Europe & Central Asia 1.6%
Northern Europe computed 0.47%
Poverty at $3.65 a day — United Kingdom, by year United Kingdom All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 0.5 −0.1 pp
2020 0.6 +0.1 pp
2019 0.5 +0 pp
2018 0.5 +0.1 pp
2017 0.4 +0 pp
2016 0.4 +0 pp
2015 0.4 +0 pp
2014 0.4 +0.1 pp
2013 0.3 −0.2 pp
2012 0.5 +0 pp
2011 0.5 +0.1 pp
2010 0.4 +0 pp
2009 0.4 −0.1 pp
2008 0.5 +0.1 pp
2007 0.4 +0.1 pp
2006 0.3 −0.1 pp
2005 0.4 +0.1 pp
2004 0.3 −0.1 pp
2003 0.4 +0 pp
2002 0.4 +0 pp
2001 0.4 +0.1 pp
2000 0.3 −0.1 pp
1999 0.4 +0 pp
1998 0.4 +0.1 pp
1997 0.3 +0 pp
1996 0.3 −0.1 pp
1995 0.4 +0 pp
1994 0.4 +0.1 pp
1993 0.3 +0 pp
1992 0.3 +0.1 pp
1991 0.2 +0 pp
1990 0.2 +0 pp
1989 0.2 +0 pp
1988 0.2 +0.1 pp
1987 0.1 −0.2 pp
1986 0.3 +0.1 pp
1985 0.2 +0 pp
1984 0.2 +0 pp
1983 0.2 +0 pp
1982 0.2 +0 pp
1981 0.2 +0.1 pp
1980 0.1 +0 pp
1979 0.1 +0 pp
1978 0.1 −0.2 pp
1977 0.3 +0.2 pp
1976 0.1 −0.1 pp
1975 0.2 −0.1 pp
1974 0.3 +0.2 pp
1973 0.1 −0.3 pp
1972 0.4 +0.3 pp
1971 0.1 −0.1 pp
1970 0.2 −0.1 pp
1969 0.3 +0.1 pp
1968 0.2 —

Northern Europe, 2021

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

FI Finland 0 DK Denmark 0.2 IE Ireland 0.2 NO Norway 0.2 EE Estonia 0.4 LT Lithuania 0.4 GB United Kingdom 0.5 LV Latvia 0.8 SE Sweden 0.9
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $3.65 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity. The World Bank keeps three international lines because one does not work for the whole world: extreme poverty at $2.15 has all but disappeared in middle-income countries, and they need a higher line. This one matches the typical national lines of lower-middle-income countries — that is, it answers how many are poor by the standards of countries like them, not how many are destitute.

Important: Measured from consumption or income in household surveys held once every few years, so the years are discontinuous. The line is set in 2017 PPP dollars, not in current ones.

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

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