Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Eastern Europe

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Eastern Europe in 2023 — 1.67%. Since 1992, the indicator has fallen by 30.02 pp.

2023 1.67% −0.76 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 55.53%1999
Period minimum 1.67%2023

Trend over time

1992–2023 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Eastern Europe, 1992–202302040601992199620002004200820122016202020231992: 31.7%1993: 41.49%1998: 38.3%1999: 55.53%2000: 45.64%2001: 39.95%2002: 40.77%2003: 38.92%2004: 32.87%2005: 27.16%2006: 22.77%2007: 18.68%2008: 13.77%2009: 14.01%2010: 12.12%2011: 11.12%2012: 10.42%2013: 9.13%2014: 7.68%2015: 9.17%2016: 8.26%2017: 6.82%2018: 5.61%2019: 4.71%2020: 4.17%2021: 2.69%2022: 2.44%2023: 1.67%
Change over the period: −30.02 pp Annual average: -0.97 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Eastern Europe 1.67%
World 47%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 1.67 −0.76 pp
2022 2.44 −0.25 pp
2021 2.69 −1.48 pp
2020 4.17 −0.55 pp
2019 4.71 −0.89 pp
2018 5.61 −1.21 pp
2017 6.82 −1.43 pp
2016 8.26 −0.91 pp
2015 9.17 +1.49 pp
2014 7.68 −1.45 pp
2013 9.13 −1.29 pp
2012 10.42 −0.69 pp
2011 11.12 −1.01 pp
2010 12.12 −1.88 pp
2009 14.01 +0.24 pp
2008 13.77 −4.91 pp
2007 18.68 −4.09 pp
2006 22.77 −4.39 pp
2005 27.16 −5.71 pp
2004 32.87 −6.06 pp
2003 38.92 −1.85 pp
2002 40.77 +0.82 pp
2001 39.95 −5.69 pp
2000 45.64 −9.89 pp
1999 55.53 +17.23 pp
1998 38.3
1993 41.49 +9.8 pp
1992 31.7

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $6.85 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity — the highest of the three international lines of the World Bank. It is this line that shows how much more modest the fall in world poverty looks than the extreme line suggests: nearly half the population of the planet lives below this level, and over recent decades that share has been falling more slowly than the share of the destitute.

Important: It matches the typical national poverty lines of upper-middle-income countries. For rich countries even this line is low — there poverty is measured relative to median income rather than by an absolute amount.

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