Share of population living below national poverty lines in Poland
Poland: Share of population living below national poverty lines was 13.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of population living below national poverty lines in Poland, 2020–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of population.
Analysis
In 2024, share of population living below national poverty lines in Poland stood at 13.3%. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.0% on the previous year and up 12.7% over five years.
Poland ranks 50th of 70 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Share of population living below national poverty lines in Poland, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 11.8% | — |
| 2021 | 12.1% | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 11.7% | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 12.2% | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 13.3% | +9.0% |
Countries ranked near Poland
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 share of population living below national poverty lines in Poland?
- Share of population living below national poverty lines in Poland was 13.3% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of population living below national poverty lines recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 13.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of population living below national poverty lines recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.7% in 2022.
- How does Poland rank for share of population living below national poverty lines?
- Poland ranks 50th out of 70 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Poland data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of population living below national poverty lines. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty lines. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.