Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in United Kingdom
0.9% of people in United Kingdom lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2021.
United Kingdom, 2021
0.9%
Change from 2020
0percentage points
World, 2021
48.7%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2021
1.1%
Position in 2021
66th of 81
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 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 | – | 46.2% |
| 2023 | – | 47.1% |
| 2022 | – | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | 48.7% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | 50.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | – |
| 2018 | 0.8% | 50.4% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | 51.5% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | 52.4% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | 53.5% |
| 2014 | 0.6% | 54.7% |
| 2013 | 0.6% | 55.8% |
| 2012 | 0.7% | 57.5% |
| 2011 | 0.7% | 58.8% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | 60.2% |
| 2009 | 0.7% | 61.7% |
| 2008 | 0.8% | 62.5% |
| 2007 | 0.7% | 63.6% |
| 2006 | 0.7% | 65.0% |
| 2005 | 0.7% | 66.2% |
| 2004 | 0.6% | 67.4% |
| 2003 | 0.8% | 68.7% |
| 2002 | 0.9% | 69.3% |
| 2001 | 0.8% | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2020.
- Since 2011, when it was 0.7%, the figure has changed by +0.2 percentage points.
- Among the 81 countries with data for 2021, United Kingdom has the 66th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2021 was 48.7%.
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Income inequality (Gini)
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Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
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Severe material and social deprivation
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