Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Ukraine
Ukraine: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 96.0% in 2020. ▬ Flat
Latest (2020)
96.0%
Change on year
up 1.0%
World rank
53rd
of 119 countries
All-time high
99.7%
in 2002
All-time low
95.1%
in 2019
Years of data
23
1992–2020
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Ukraine, 1992–2020
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Ukraine recorded 96.0% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in 2020.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Ukraine peaked at 99.7% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 95.1%, in 2019.
Ukraine ranks 53rd of 119 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Ukraine, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 99.7% | — |
| 1993 | 99.7% | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 98.3% | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 99.3% | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 99.7% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 99.5% | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 99.3% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 98.8% | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 98.1% | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 98.8% | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 98.0% | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 98.8% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 98.4% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 98.2% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 97.9% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 97.2% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 98.0% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 98.2% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 98.4% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 97.3% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 96.6% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 95.1% | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 96.0% | +1.0% |
Ukraine compared with similar countries
- Ukraine's 96.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.3%, 1.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Ukraine's 96.0% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 56.8%, 1.7× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.3% | 98.3% | 99.7% | 4 |
| 2000s | 98.9% | 98.0% | 99.7% | 8 |
| 2010s | 97.5% | 95.1% | 98.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.0% | 96.0% | 96.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Ukraine
More poverty & inequality data for Ukraine
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 5 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Ukraine?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Ukraine was 96.0% in 2020, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 99.7% in 2002.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 95.1% in 2019.
- How does Ukraine rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Ukraine ranks 53rd out of 119 countries with data for 2020.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Ukraine data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.