Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Russia

7.2% of people in Russia lived below the national poverty line in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Poverty rate at national poverty lines Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Russia, 2024 7.2% % of population
Change from 2023 −1.1percentage points 2023: 8.3%
Median of G20 countries, 2024 13.0% Middle value of 5 countries

Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Russia over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at national poverty lines (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period Russia
2024 7.2%
2023 8.3%
2022 9.0%
2021 11.1%
2020 12.2%
2019 12.4%
2018 12.7%
2017 13.0%
2016 13.3%
2015 13.5%
2014 11.3%
2013 10.8%
2012 10.8%
2011 12.7%
2010 12.5%
2009 13.0%
2008 13.4%
2007 13.3%
2006 15.2%
2005 17.8%
2004 17.6%
2003 20.3%
2002 24.6%
2001 27.5%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.1 percentage points from 8.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 11.3%, the figure has changed by −4.1 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.NAHC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Russia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources