Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile in Ukraine

Ukraine: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile was 10.0% in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
10.0%
Change on year
down 23.1%
World rank
30th
of 34 countries
All-time high
49.3%
in 2017
All-time low
10.0%
in 2020
Years of data
10
2006–2020

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile in Ukraine, 2006–2020

10203040502006201320202006: 27.72011: 37.42012: 442013: 43.12015: 34.92016: 332017: 49.32018: 412019: 132020: 10

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Ukraine recorded 10.0% for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 23.1% on the previous year and down 73.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile in Ukraine peaked at 49.3% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 10.0%, in 2020.

Ukraine ranks 30th of 34 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile in Ukraine, year by year

Annual values for Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban in Ukraine, 2006 to 2020.
Year Value Change
2006 27.7%
2011 37.4% +34.8%
2012 44.0% +17.7%
2013 43.1% -2.1%
2015 34.9% -19.0%
2016 33.0% -5.3%
2017 49.3% +49.2%
2018 41.0% -16.7%
2019 13.0% -68.2%
2020 10.0% -23.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 27.7% 27.7% 27.7% 1
2010s 37.0% 13.0% 49.3% 8
2020s 10.0% 10.0% 10.0% 1

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Frequently asked questions

What is poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile in Ukraine?
Poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile in Ukraine was 10.0% in 2020, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile recorded in Ukraine?
The highest recorded value was 49.3% in 2017.
What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile recorded in Ukraine?
The lowest recorded value was 10.0% in 2020.
How does Ukraine rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile?
Ukraine ranks 30th out of 34 countries with data for 2020.
Is poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile rising or falling in Ukraine?
Over the last ten years it is down 73.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Ukraine data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
34 places, 340 data points, 2004–2023
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