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⚖️ Poverty & Inequality statistics

168 indicators covering poverty & inequality, each with the full history for every country that reports it, ranked and free to download.

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Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 170 places, 1963–2025
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank, per capita 169 places, 1963–2025
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank, per unit of GDP 169 places, 1963–2025
Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 236 places, 1950–2023
Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 180 places, 1990–2024
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 178 places, 1990–2024
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 180 places, 1991–2024
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 187 places, 1980–2023
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 187 places, 1980–2023
Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 186 places, 1980–2023
Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 187 places, 1981–2023
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank, annual growth rate 167 places, 1964–2025
Gender Inequality Index 169 places, 1990–2023
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 236 places, 1751–2023
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 236 places, 1751–2023
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 236 places, 1751–2023
Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 184 places, 1950–2023
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (%) 137 places, 1963–2025
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population) 137 places, 1963–2025
Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population) 137 places, 1963–2025
Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population) 137 places, 1963–2025
Income inequality: Atkinson index 174 places, 2010–2023
Prosperity gap (average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day) 137 places, 1963–2025
Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) (%) 137 places, 1963–2025
Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (%) 137 places, 1963–2025
Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line (% of population) 137 places, 1963–2025
Population living in slums (% of urban population) 207 places, 2000–2022
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 166 places, 2010–2023
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 166 places, 2010–2023
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 166 places, 2010–2023
Proportion of population below international poverty line (%) 174 places, 1963–2025
Gini coefficient (before tax) 113 places, 1820–2024
Three metrics of inequality 113 places, 1820–2024
Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 207 places, 2000–2023
Gini index 123 places, 1963–2025
Income share held by fourth 20% 123 places, 1963–2025
Income share held by highest 10% 123 places, 1963–2025
Income share held by highest 20% 123 places, 1963–2025
Income share held by lowest 10% 123 places, 1963–2025
Income share held by lowest 20% 123 places, 1963–2025
Income share held by second 20% 123 places, 1963–2025
Income share held by third 20% 123 places, 1963–2025
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income (%) 123 places, 1963–2025
Poverty gap index at $3 a day 120 places, 1963–2025
Total shortfall from extreme poverty 120 places, 1963–2025
At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 351 places, 2003–2025
Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by recipient countries (percentage of GNI) 157 places, 2000–2024
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 109 places, 1913–2024
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded from social transfers) by NUTS 2 region 346 places, 2003–2025
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 109 places, 1980–2024
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 149 places, 2000–2024
Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 259 places, 2014–2025
Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 160 places, 1820–2017
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 342 places, 2015–2025
Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 342 places, 2014–2025
Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 113 places, 1820–2024
Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 113 places, 1820–2024
Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 229 places, 2003–2020
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 2020 strategy 231 places, 2003–2020
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social protection (%) 131 places, 2000–2025

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