Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Poland
Poland: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 28.7% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 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
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Poland is 28.7%, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is down 4.7% on the previous year and down 56.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Poland peaked at 94.2% in 1985 and was at its lowest, 28.7%, in 2023.
That places Poland 94th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 89.7% | 78.4% | 94.2% | 4 |
| 1990s | 90.9% | 89.6% | 93.5% | 3 |
| 2000s | 77.1% | 69.5% | 84.8% | 6 |
| 2010s | 58.0% | 37.7% | 67.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.1% | 28.7% | 35.0% | 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)
- 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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 35.1% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.081 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 22.4% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0842 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0842 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1132 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.198 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Poland?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Poland was 28.7% 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 $30 a day recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 94.2% in 1985.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.7% in 2023.
- How does Poland rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Poland ranks 94th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.2%. 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 $30 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 $30 per day.