Extreme poverty rate ($3.00 a day, 2021 PPP) in United Kingdom

Extreme poverty rate ($3.00 a day, 2021 PPP) in the United Kingdom was 0.4% in 2021, according to the World Bank. That is down 0.1 pts from 2020. That is the 61st highest of 92 countries in 2018.

20210.4%
Change on 2020-0.1 pts
Rank61st of 92Countries ranked
Series high0.52020
Series low01973

Extreme poverty rate ($3.00 a day, 2021 PPP) in United Kingdom, 1968 to 2021

00.10.20.30.40.519681976198419922000200820211968: 0.2 %1969: 0.2 %1970: 0.1 %1971: 0.1 %1972: 0.2 %1973: 0 %1974: 0.2 %1975: 0.2 %1976: 0.1 %1977: 0.2 %1978: 0.1 %1979: 0.1 %1980: 0.1 %1981: 0.1 %1982: 0.1 %1983: 0.1 %1984: 0.1 %1985: 0.1 %1986: 0.3 %1987: 0.1 %1988: 0.1 %1989: 0.2 %1990: 0.1 %1991: 0.1 %1992: 0.1 %1993: 0.2 %1994: 0.4 %1995: 0.3 %1996: 0.2 %1997: 0.2 %1998: 0.3 %1999: 0.3 %2000: 0.3 %2001: 0.3 %2002: 0.3 %2003: 0.3 %2004: 0.3 %2005: 0.3 %2006: 0.3 %2007: 0.3 %2008: 0.4 %2009: 0.4 %2010: 0.3 %2011: 0.3 %2012: 0.4 %2013: 0.2 %2014: 0.4 %2015: 0.3 %2016: 0.4 %2017: 0.4 %2018: 0.4 %2019: 0.4 %2020: 0.5 %2021: 0.4 %
%. Source: World Bank, Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP), % of population (SI.POV.DDAY). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-08.
All 54 values
Period%
20210.4
20200.5
20190.4
20180.4
20170.4
20160.4
20150.3
20140.4
20130.2
20120.4
20110.3
20100.3
20090.4
20080.4
20070.3
20060.3
20050.3
20040.3
20030.3
20020.3
20010.3
20000.3
19990.3
19980.3
19970.2
19960.2
19950.3
19940.4
19930.2
19920.1
19910.1
19900.1
19890.2
19880.1
19870.1
19860.3
19850.1
19840.1
19830.1
19820.1
19810.1
19800.1
19790.1
19780.1
19770.2
19760.1
19750.2
19740.2
19730
19720.2
19710.1
19700.1
19690.2
19680.2

Rankings

Definition

Share of the population living on less than $3.00 a day at 2021 purchasing power parity (PPP) prices, the World Bank international poverty line since June 2025. Measured from household surveys of income or consumption per person. World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform.

Country values exist only for survey years, and most countries measure consumption while others measure income, so rates are only roughly comparable. When the World Bank moves the line or the PPP base, the whole history is recalculated; earlier editions used $2.15 a day at 2017 PPP. Not the US official poverty rate (poverty_rate) or the EU at-risk-of-poverty rate (at_risk_of_poverty_rate).

How to cite

World Bank, World Development Indicators. Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP), % of population (SI.POV.DDAY). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.DDAY. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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What is the extreme poverty rate ($3.00 a day, 2021 PPP) in United Kingdom?

Extreme poverty rate ($3.00 a day, 2021 PPP) in the United Kingdom was 0.4% in 2021, according to the World Bank. That is down 0.1 pts from 2020. That is the 61st highest of 92 countries in 2018.

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World Bank. Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP), % of population (SI.POV.DDAY). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest extreme poverty rate ($3.00 a day, 2021 PPP) in United Kingdom?

0.5% in 2020, the highest value since 1968 in this series.

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