U.K. Poverty Rate 1969-2023
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 2017 was 1.00%, a 0.3% increase from 2016.
- U.K. poverty rate for 2016 was 0.70%, a 0.2% decline from 2015.
- U.K. poverty rate for 2015 was 0.90%, a 0.1% increase from 2014.
- U.K. poverty rate for 2014 was 0.80%, a 0.3% increase from 2013.
| U.K. Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2017 |
1.00% |
0.30% |
| 2016 |
0.70% |
-0.20% |
| 2015 |
0.90% |
0.10% |
| 2014 |
0.80% |
0.30% |
| 2013 |
0.50% |
-0.20% |
| 2012 |
0.70% |
-0.20% |
| 2011 |
0.90% |
-0.10% |
| 2010 |
1.00% |
0.20% |
| 2009 |
0.80% |
-0.30% |
| 2008 |
1.10% |
0.20% |
| 2007 |
0.90% |
-0.10% |
| 2006 |
1.00% |
-0.40% |
| 2005 |
1.40% |
-0.10% |
| 2004 |
1.50% |
0.80% |
| 2003 |
0.70% |
0.00% |
| 2002 |
0.70% |
0.00% |
| 2001 |
0.70% |
0.20% |
| 2000 |
0.50% |
-0.20% |
| 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% |
-0.70% |
| 1991 |
1.70% |
-1.00% |
| 1986 |
2.70% |
1.20% |
| 1979 |
1.50% |
-0.20% |
| 1974 |
1.70% |
-6.00% |
| 1969 |
7.70% |
-6.00% |
