Poverty rate at national poverty lines in United Kingdom
18.6% of people in United Kingdom lived below the national poverty line in 2017.
The latest value for United Kingdom is for 2017. Most countries have figures for 2021.
United Kingdom, 2017
18.6%
Change from 2016
+1.6percentage points
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2017
15.5%
Poverty rate at national poverty lines in United Kingdom over time
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United Kingdom
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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 |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 18.6% |
| 2016 | 17.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.6 percentage points from 17.0% in 2016.
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All statistics for United Kingdom
Extreme poverty rate
0.4%
2021 · 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
Severe material and social deprivation
4.5%
2018 · Eurostat