U.K. Poverty Rate 1960-2024

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
  • U.K. poverty rate for 2022 was 0.00%, a 0.7% decline from 2021.
  • U.K. poverty rate for 2021 was 0.70%, a 0% increase from 2020.
  • U.K. poverty rate for 2020 was 0.70%, a 0% increase from 2019.
  • U.K. poverty rate for 2019 was 0.70%, a 0% increase from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name % Under US $5.50 Per Day
Argentina 10.90%
Uruguay 6.40%
Chile 4.70%
Bermuda 0.00%
Cayman Islands 0.00%
France 0.00%
Croatia 0.00%
St. Kitts and Nevis 0.00%
St. Martin (French part) 0.00%
Oman 0.00%
Singapore 0.00%
Trinidad and Tobago 0.00%
UAE 0.00%
Bahamas 0.00%
Curacao 0.00%
Finland 0.00%
Hong Kong 0.00%
Japan 0.00%
Macao 0.00%
New Zealand 0.00%
Saudi Arabia 0.00%
Turks and Caicos Islands 0.00%
Andorra 0.00%
Bahrain 0.00%
Estonia 0.00%
Guam 0.00%
Italy 0.00%
Latvia 0.00%
Norway 0.00%
Qatar 0.00%
Seychelles 0.00%
Aruba 0.00%
Belgium 0.00%
Channel Islands 0.00%
Spain 0.00%
Greenland 0.00%
Israel 0.00%
Luxembourg 0.00%
Netherlands 0.00%
French Polynesia 0.00%
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.00%
Austria 0.00%
Switzerland 0.00%
Denmark 0.00%
Greece 0.00%
Iceland 0.00%
Lithuania 0.00%
New Caledonia 0.00%
Portugal 0.00%
Sweden 0.00%
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 0.00%
Australia 0.00%
Canada 0.00%
Germany 0.00%
Gibraltar 0.00%
Ireland 0.00%
Liechtenstein 0.00%
Northern Mariana Islands 0.00%
Puerto Rico 0.00%
Slovenia 0.00%
British Virgin Islands 0.00%
Brunei 0.00%
Czech Republic 0.00%
United Kingdom 0.00%
Isle of Man 0.00%
Kuwait 0.00%
Malta 0.00%
Poland 0.00%
Slovak Republic 0.00%
United States 0.00%
Antigua and Barbuda 0.00%
Barbados 0.00%
Cyprus 0.00%
Faroe Islands 0.00%
Hungary 0.00%
South Korea 0.00%
Monaco 0.00%
Palau 0.00%
San Marino 0.00%
U.K. Poverty Rate - Historical Data
Year % Under US $5.50 Per Day Change
2022 0.00% -0.70%
2021 0.70% 0.00%
2020 0.70% 0.00%
2019 0.70% 0.00%
2018 0.70% 0.00%
2017 0.70% 0.00%
2016 0.70% 0.00%
2015 0.70% 0.20%
2014 0.50% 0.00%
2013 0.50% -0.20%
2012 0.70% 0.00%
2011 0.70% 0.00%
2010 0.70% 0.00%
2009 0.70% 0.00%
2008 0.70% 0.00%
2007 0.70% 0.00%
2006 0.70% 0.00%
2005 0.70% 0.20%
2004 0.50% -0.20%
2003 0.70% 0.00%
2002 0.70% 0.00%
2001 0.70% 0.00%
2000 0.70% 0.00%
1999 0.70% 0.00%
1998 0.70% 0.00%
1997 0.70% 0.00%
1996 0.70% -0.30%
1995 1.00% 0.00%
1994 1.00% 0.00%
1993 1.00% 0.00%
1992 1.00% 0.30%
1991 0.70% 0.00%
1990 0.70% 0.00%
1989 0.70% 0.20%
1988 0.50% 0.00%
1987 0.50% -0.50%
1986 1.00% 0.30%
1985 0.70% 0.00%
1984 0.70% 0.20%
1983 0.50% 0.00%
1982 0.50% -0.50%
1981 1.00% 0.00%
1980 1.00% 0.30%
1979 0.70% 0.00%
1978 0.70% -0.50%
1977 1.20% 0.50%
1976 0.70% -0.50%
1975 1.20% 0.00%
1974 1.20% 0.50%
1973 0.70% -1.30%
1972 2.00% 0.50%
1971 1.50% 0.30%
1970 1.20% 0.00%
1969 1.20% 0.20%
1968 1.00% 1.00%
1967 0.00% 0.00%
1966 0.00% 0.00%
1965 0.00% 0.00%
1964 0.00% 0.00%
1963 0.00% 0.00%
1962 0.00% 0.00%
1961 0.00% 0.00%
1960 0.00% 0.00%