Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Ukraine
Ukraine: Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median was 5.1% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Ukraine, 1992–2020
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Ukraine recorded 5.1% for relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in 2020.
The figure is down 15.5% on the previous year and up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Ukraine peaked at 16.1% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 4.2%, in 2014.
Ukraine ranks 112th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Ukraine, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 11.5% | — |
| 1993 | 7.7% | -33.0% |
| 1995 | 16.1% | +108.4% |
| 1996 | 12.3% | -23.3% |
| 2002 | 7.7% | -37.5% |
| 2003 | 6.8% | -11.6% |
| 2004 | 8.5% | +25.3% |
| 2005 | 8.0% | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 7.8% | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 6.3% | -19.4% |
| 2008 | 6.0% | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 5.1% | -15.1% |
| 2010 | 4.4% | -13.8% |
| 2011 | 4.6% | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 4.2% | -8.5% |
| 2013 | 4.6% | +7.4% |
| 2014 | 4.2% | -8.3% |
| 2015 | 5.0% | +19.4% |
| 2016 | 5.3% | +6.5% |
| 2017 | 5.9% | +10.2% |
| 2018 | 5.0% | -14.2% |
| 2019 | 6.1% | +20.6% |
| 2020 | 5.1% | -15.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.9% | 7.7% | 16.1% | 4 |
| 2000s | 7.0% | 5.1% | 8.5% | 8 |
| 2010s | 4.9% | 4.2% | 6.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.1% | 5.1% | 5.1% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Ukraine?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Ukraine was 5.1% in 2020, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median recorded in Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 16.1% in 1995.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.2% in 2014.
- How does Ukraine rank for relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median?
- Ukraine ranks 112th out of 120 countries with data for 2020.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below 50% of the median.