Income share held by lowest 20% in Ukraine
Ukraine: Income share held by lowest 20% was 10.0% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Income share held by lowest 20% in Ukraine, 1992–2020
Source: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income share held by lowest 20% in Ukraine is 10.0%, measured in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income share held by lowest 20% in Ukraine peaked at 10.5% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 6.2%, in 1995.
Ukraine ranks 4th of 123 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Income share held by lowest 20% in Ukraine, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 8.0% | — |
| 1993 | 8.8% | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 6.2% | -29.5% |
| 1996 | 7.1% | +14.5% |
| 1999 | 8.8% | +23.9% |
| 2002 | 8.8% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 9.1% | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 8.8% | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 8.8% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 8.8% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 9.5% | +8.0% |
| 2008 | 9.6% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 10.0% | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 10.2% | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 10.2% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 10.2% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 10.3% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 10.5% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 10.0% | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 10.1% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 9.8% | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 9.9% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 9.7% | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 10.0% | +3.1% |
Ukraine compared with similar countries
- Ukraine's 10.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6.5%, 1.5× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Ukraine's 10.0% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 7.8%, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Income share held by lowest 20% in Ukraine changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | -29.5% | 8.8% | 6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.8% | 6.2% | 8.8% | 5 |
| 2000s | 9.2% | 8.8% | 10.0% | 8 |
| 2010s | 10.1% | 9.7% | 10.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.0% | 10.0% | 10.0% | 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)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -7.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 31.4 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 31.4% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income share held by lowest 20% in Ukraine?
- Income share held by lowest 20% in Ukraine was 10.0% in 2020, according to World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ.
- What is the highest income share held by lowest 20% recorded in Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 10.5% in 2014.
- What is the lowest income share held by lowest 20% recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.2% in 1995.
- How does Ukraine rank for income share held by lowest 20%?
- Ukraine ranks 4th out of 123 countries with data for 2020.
- Is income share held by lowest 20% rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ukraine data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ, published as part of Income share held by lowest 20%. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles. Percentage shares by quintile may not sum to 100 because of rounding.