Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Ukraine
Ukraine: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day was 0.2% in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Ukraine, 1992–2020
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Ukraine stood at 0.2%. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 32.9% on the previous year and down 69.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Ukraine peaked at 31.2% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2020.
Ukraine ranks 105th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Ukraine, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 19.0% | — |
| 1993 | 16.5% | -13.0% |
| 1995 | 27.5% | +66.6% |
| 1996 | 31.2% | +13.7% |
| 2002 | 20.0% | -35.9% |
| 2003 | 12.9% | -35.5% |
| 2004 | 9.7% | -25.0% |
| 2005 | 4.9% | -49.3% |
| 2006 | 3.7% | -24.9% |
| 2007 | 2.8% | -23.0% |
| 2008 | 1.3% | -54.4% |
| 2009 | 1.4% | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 0.7% | -46.0% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | -14.1% |
| 2012 | 0.5% | -19.5% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | -37.6% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 1.2% | +312.8% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | -9.4% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | -38.6% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | -18.1% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | -40.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | -32.9% |
Ukraine compared with similar countries
- Ukraine's 0.2% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.2%, 6% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Ukraine's 0.2% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.6%, 39% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Ukraine changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +312.8% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.5% | 16.5% | 31.2% | 4 |
| 2000s | 7.1% | 1.3% | 20.0% | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.3% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Ukraine
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Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Ukraine?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Ukraine was 0.2% in 2020, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day recorded in Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 31.2% in 1996.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2020.
- How does Ukraine rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day?
- Ukraine ranks 105th out of 120 countries with data for 2020.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 69.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ukraine data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $4.20 per day.