Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Russia
Russia: Poverty gap index at $3 a day was 0.0% in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Russia, 1993–2020
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, poverty gap index at $3 a day in Russia stood at 0.0%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 62.1% on the previous year and down 87.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap index at $3 a day in Russia peaked at 1.9% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2020.
That places Russia 112th out of 120 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.3% | 0.7% | 1.9% | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.0% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Russia
More poverty & inequality data for Russia
- 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 1.45 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,167 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 30.5% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.169 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 22.7% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1013 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1013 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1536 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1867 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty gap index at $3 a day in Russia?
- Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Russia was 0.0% in 2020, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty gap index at $3 a day recorded in Russia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.9% in 1999.
- What is the lowest poverty gap index at $3 a day recorded in Russia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2020.
- How does Russia rank for poverty gap index at $3 a day?
- Russia ranks 112th out of 120 countries with data for 2020.
- Is poverty gap index at $3 a day rising or falling in Russia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 87.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Russia 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 Poverty gap index at $3 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The poverty gap index is a poverty measure that reflects both the prevalence and the depth of poverty. It is calculated as the share of population in poverty multiplied by the average shortfall from the poverty line (expressed as a % of the poverty line).