Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Ukraine
Ukraine: Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income was 5.1% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Ukraine, 1992–2020
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Ukraine recorded 5.1% for proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.4% on the previous year and up 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Ukraine peaked at 16.1% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 4.2%, in 2012.
That places Ukraine 121st out of 130 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Ukraine, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 11.5% | — |
| 1993 | 7.7% | -33.0% |
| 1995 | 16.1% | +109.1% |
| 1996 | 12.3% | -23.6% |
| 1999 | 9.2% | -25.2% |
| 2002 | 7.7% | -16.3% |
| 2003 | 6.8% | -11.7% |
| 2004 | 8.5% | +25.0% |
| 2005 | 8.0% | -5.9% |
| 2006 | 7.8% | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 6.3% | -19.2% |
| 2008 | 6.0% | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 5.1% | -15.0% |
| 2010 | 4.4% | -13.7% |
| 2011 | 4.6% | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 4.2% | -8.7% |
| 2013 | 4.6% | +9.5% |
| 2014 | 4.2% | -8.7% |
| 2015 | 5.0% | +19.0% |
| 2016 | 5.3% | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 5.9% | +11.3% |
| 2018 | 5.0% | -15.3% |
| 2019 | 6.1% | +22.0% |
| 2020 | 5.1% | -16.4% |
Ukraine compared with similar countries
- Ukraine's 5.1% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14.8%, 34% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Ukraine's 5.1% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 11.0%, 46% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +109.1% | 7.7% | 16.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.4% | 7.7% | 16.1% | 5 |
| 2000s | 7.0% | 5.1% | 8.5% | 8 |
| 2010s | 4.9% | 4.2% | 6.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.1% | 5.1% | 5.1% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Ukraine
More infrastructure data for Ukraine
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 50.33 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 133.38 per 100 people (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 1.43 million (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 3.8 per 100 people (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.038 units per person (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -17.54 % change on previous year (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 1.43 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.33 units per person (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Ukraine?
- Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Ukraine was 5.1% in 2020, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income recorded in Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 16.1% in 1995.
- What is the lowest proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.2% in 2012.
- How does Ukraine rank for proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income?
- Ukraine ranks 121st out of 130 countries with data for 2020.
- Is proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ukraine data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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