Extreme poverty rate in United Kingdom
0.4% of people in United Kingdom lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2021.
United Kingdom, 2021
0.4%
Change from 2020
−0.1percentage points
World, 2021
11.3%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2021
0.3%
Position in 2021
50th of 81
Extreme poverty rate in United Kingdom over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 10.1% |
| 2023 | – | 10.5% |
| 2022 | – | 10.9% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | 11.3% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | 11.4% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | – |
| 2018 | 0.4% | 11.1% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | 11.8% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | 12.6% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | 13.4% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | 14.5% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | 15.5% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | 17.8% |
| 2011 | 0.3% | 19.1% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | 21.0% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | 23.1% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | 24.1% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | 25.3% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | 27.0% |
| 2005 | 0.3% | 28.3% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | 30.3% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | 32.2% |
| 2002 | 0.3% | 33.7% |
| 2001 | 0.3% | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 0.5% in 2020.
- Since 2011, when it was 0.3%, the figure has changed by +0.1 percentage points.
- Among the 81 countries with data for 2021, United Kingdom has the 50th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2021 was 11.3%.
More for United Kingdom
All statistics for United Kingdom
Poverty rate at national poverty lines
18.6%
2017 · World Bank
Prevalence of undernourishment
2.5%
2024 · World Bank
At-risk-of-poverty rate
18.6%
2018 · Eurostat
Poverty or social exclusion rate
22.8%
2018 · Eurostat
Income inequality (Gini)
33.5 (0 to 100)
2018 · Eurostat
Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
5.63 times
2018 · Eurostat