Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Poland
Poland: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 52.4% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Poland, 1985–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Poland stood at 52.4%. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 36.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Poland peaked at 98.2% in 1985 and was at its lowest, 52.4%, in 2023.
Poland ranks 95th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Poland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 98.2% | — |
| 1986 | 97.9% | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 97.8% | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 91.2% | -6.7% |
| 1992 | 96.4% | +5.7% |
| 1995 | 97.3% | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 95.7% | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 92.8% | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 91.7% | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 91.0% | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 88.1% | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 85.7% | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 84.5% | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 84.2% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 83.2% | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 83.3% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 81.8% | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 80.7% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 78.1% | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 75.7% | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 74.0% | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 69.4% | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 61.7% | -11.1% |
| 2020 | 59.3% | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 54.6% | -8.0% |
| 2022 | 54.1% | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 52.4% | -3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 96.3% | 91.2% | 98.2% | 4 |
| 1990s | 96.5% | 95.7% | 97.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 89.0% | 84.5% | 92.8% | 6 |
| 2010s | 77.2% | 61.7% | 84.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.1% | 52.4% | 59.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Poland
More poverty & inequality data for Poland
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.3 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,895 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 0.6829 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 35.13 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 35.1% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Poland?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Poland was 52.4% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 98.2% in 1985.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.4% in 2023.
- How does Poland rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Poland ranks 95th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Poland 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: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.