Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Poland
Poland: Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl was 3.3% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Poland, 2005–2021
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2021, households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Poland stood at 3.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.0% on the previous year and down 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Poland peaked at 4.5% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 3.1%, in 2019.
Poland ranks 13th of 26 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.2% | 4.0% | 4.5% | 5 |
| 2010s | 3.8% | 3.1% | 4.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.5% | 3.3% | 3.7% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Poland
More poverty & inequality data for Poland
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 8 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.3 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 4,895 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 35.13 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.081 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 22.39 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.0842 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.0842 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.1132 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.198 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Poland?
- Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Poland was 3.3% in 2021, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 4.5% in 2005.
- What is the lowest households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1% in 2019.
- How does Poland rank for households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl?
- Poland ranks 13th out of 26 countries with data for 2021.
- Is households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Poland data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (reflecting basic needs: food, housing, utilities - developed by WHO/Europe) by out-of-pocket payments (%, national). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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