Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Australia
Australia: Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line was 1.5 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Australia, 1981–2020
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Australia is 1.5, measured in 2020.
That represents a change of up 25.0% on the previous year and up 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Australia peaked at 2.3 in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0.9, in 2008.
That places Australia 98th out of 120 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2.17 | 2 | 2.3 | 3 |
| 1990s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.48 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 4 |
| 2010s | 1.05 | 1 | 1.2 | 4 |
| 2020s | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More poverty & inequality data for Australia
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 3 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.64 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 2,690 (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 -0.0446 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 30.36 (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 30.36 (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -1.54 % change on previous year (2022)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.056 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Australia?
- Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Australia was 1.5 in 2020, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.3 in 1989.
- What is the lowest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9 in 2008.
- How does Australia rank for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line?
- Australia ranks 98th out of 120 countries with data for 2020.
- Is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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