Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and in Poland
Poland: Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and was 20.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and in Poland, 2005–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Poland recorded 20.3% for relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - eu-silc and in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.6% on the previous year and down 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - eu-silc and in Poland peaked at 29.3% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 19.3%, in 2020.
That places Poland 40th out of 47 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and in Poland, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 29.3% | — |
| 2006 | 25.1% | -14.3% |
| 2007 | 23.0% | -8.4% |
| 2008 | 23.3% | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 20.5% | -12.0% |
| 2010 | 21.6% | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 22.8% | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 21.4% | -6.1% |
| 2013 | 21.6% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 22.2% | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 24.8% | +11.7% |
| 2016 | 23.7% | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 24.4% | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 23.2% | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 23.1% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 19.3% | -16.5% |
| 2021 | 22.0% | +14.0% |
| 2022 | 21.8% | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 26.4% | +21.1% |
| 2024 | 22.7% | -14.0% |
| 2025 | 20.3% | -10.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24.2% | 20.5% | 29.3% | 5 |
| 2010s | 22.9% | 21.4% | 24.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.1% | 19.3% | 26.4% | 6 |
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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 relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - eu-silc and in Poland?
- Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - eu-silc and in Poland was 20.3% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - eu-silc and recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 29.3% in 2005.
- What is the lowest relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - eu-silc and recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.3% in 2020.
- How does Poland rank for relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - eu-silc and?
- Poland ranks 40th out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - eu-silc and rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Poland data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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