Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Ukraine
Ukraine: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 94.6% in 2020. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Ukraine, 1992–2020
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 Ukraine is 94.6%, measured in 2020.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Ukraine peaked at 99.6% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 93.4%, in 2019.
Ukraine ranks 43rd of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Ukraine, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 99.6% | — |
| 1993 | 99.6% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 98.0% | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 99.2% | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 99.6% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 99.3% | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 99.1% | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 98.3% | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 97.5% | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 98.5% | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 97.4% | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 98.2% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 97.7% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 97.5% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 97.0% | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 96.2% | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 97.3% | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 97.7% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 97.8% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 96.5% | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 95.4% | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 93.4% | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 94.6% | +1.3% |
Ukraine compared with similar countries
- Ukraine's 94.6% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 90.5%, 1.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Ukraine's 94.6% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 40.5%, 2.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.1% | 98.0% | 99.6% | 4 |
| 2000s | 98.5% | 97.4% | 99.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 96.7% | 93.4% | 97.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.6% | 94.6% | 94.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Ukraine
More poverty & inequality data for Ukraine
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 5 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 in Ukraine?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Ukraine was 94.6% in 2020, 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 Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 99.6% in 2002.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.4% in 2019.
- How does Ukraine rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Ukraine ranks 43rd out of 120 countries with data for 2020.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. 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 (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.