Subjective poverty by tenure status in United Kingdom
United Kingdom: Subjective poverty by tenure status was 12.8% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Latest (2018)
12.8%
Change on year
down 9.2%
World rank
24th
of 36 countries
All-time high
21.0%
in 2013
All-time low
12.8%
in 2018
Years of data
9
2010–2018
Subjective poverty by tenure status in United Kingdom, 2010–2018
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
United Kingdom recorded 12.8% for subjective poverty by tenure status in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.2% on the previous year and down 22.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, subjective poverty by tenure status in United Kingdom peaked at 21.0% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 12.8%, in 2018.
That places United Kingdom 24th out of 36 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
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More poverty & inequality data for United Kingdom
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 6 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.56 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 7,138 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 34.91 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.083 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 21.15 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.0826 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.0826 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.0966 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.167 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is subjective poverty by tenure status in United Kingdom?
- Subjective poverty by tenure status in United Kingdom was 12.8% in 2018, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest subjective poverty by tenure status recorded in United Kingdom?
- The highest recorded value was 21.0% in 2013.
- What is the lowest subjective poverty by tenure status recorded in United Kingdom?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.8% in 2018.
- How does United Kingdom rank for subjective poverty by tenure status?
- United Kingdom ranks 24th out of 36 countries with data for 2018.
- Is subjective poverty by tenure status rising or falling in United Kingdom?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Kingdom data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Subjective poverty by tenure status. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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