Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Ukraine
Ukraine: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.2563 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Ukraine, 1992–2020
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Ukraine recorded 0.2563 for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in 2020.
That represents a change of down 3.7% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Ukraine peaked at 0.3923 in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.2403, in 2014.
Ukraine ranks 116th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3326 | 0.2893 | 0.3923 | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.2805 | 0.2532 | 0.2979 | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.2519 | 0.2403 | 0.2662 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2563 | 0.2563 | 0.2563 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Ukraine
More poverty & inequality data for Ukraine
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 5 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 0.977 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,148 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 31.4% (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 44.4% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1061 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1061 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1647 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1328 (2023)
- Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Ukraine?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Ukraine was 0.2563 in 2020, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3923 in 1995.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2403 in 2014.
- How does Ukraine rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Ukraine ranks 116th out of 120 countries with data for 2020.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ukraine data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.