Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Ukraine
Ukraine: Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median was 10.8% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% 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 10.8% for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.2% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Ukraine peaked at 22.8% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 9.5%, in 2014.
That places Ukraine 114th out of 120 countries with data for 2020, putting it 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 60% of the median in Ukraine, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 18.0% | — |
| 1993 | 15.1% | -16.0% |
| 1995 | 22.8% | +51.1% |
| 1996 | 19.7% | -13.7% |
| 2002 | 15.1% | -23.2% |
| 2003 | 13.8% | -8.7% |
| 2004 | 14.7% | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 14.8% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 14.6% | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 13.2% | -9.9% |
| 2008 | 12.1% | -7.9% |
| 2009 | 11.4% | -6.3% |
| 2010 | 10.8% | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 10.4% | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 11.0% | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 10.4% | -5.2% |
| 2014 | 9.5% | -8.2% |
| 2015 | 10.7% | +12.4% |
| 2016 | 11.2% | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 11.1% | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 11.7% | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 11.9% | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 10.8% | -9.2% |
Ukraine compared with similar countries
- Ukraine's 10.8% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19.9%, 54% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Ukraine's 10.8% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 17.2%, 63% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Ukraine changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +51.1% | 15.1% | 22.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.9% | 15.1% | 22.8% | 4 |
| 2000s | 13.7% | 11.4% | 15.1% | 8 |
| 2010s | 10.9% | 9.5% | 11.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.8% | 10.8% | 10.8% | 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 60% of the median in Ukraine?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Ukraine was 10.8% 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 60% of the median recorded in Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 22.8% in 1995.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.5% in 2014.
- How does Ukraine rank for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median?
- Ukraine ranks 114th out of 120 countries with data for 2020.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. 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 60% of the median. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below 60% of the median.