Ukraine - Poverty headcount ratio

Poverty headcount ratio at $2 a day (PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $2 a day (PPP) (% of population) in Ukraine was 0.17 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14.82 in 1988 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 1992.

Definition: Population below $2 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $2.00 a day at 2005 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.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).

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Year Value
1988 14.82
1992 0.00
1995 7.97
1996 8.41
1999 13.48
2002 3.41
2003 1.46
2004 1.25
2005 0.48
2006 0.58
2007 0.21
2008 0.13
2009 0.17

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (PPP) (% of population) in Ukraine was 0.06 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.03 in 1999 and a minimum value of 0.03 in 1992.

Definition: Population below $1.25 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.25 a day at 2005 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.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).

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Year Value
1988 1.77
1992 0.03
1995 1.96
1996 1.93
1999 2.03
2002 0.51
2003 0.20
2004 0.26
2005 0.10
2006 0.14
2007 0.06
2008 0.04
2009 0.06

Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of population) in Ukraine was 2.90 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 6 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 28.10 in 2002 and a minimum value of 2.90 in 2008.

Definition: National poverty rate is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.

Source: Global Poverty Working Group. Data are based on World Bank's country poverty assessments and country Poverty Reduction Strategies.

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Year Value
2002 28.10
2003 19.30
2004 14.70
2005 8.40
2006 6.80
2007 4.60
2008 2.90

Poverty headcount ratio at rural poverty line (% of rural population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at rural poverty line (% of rural population) in Ukraine was 4.70 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 6 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 35.10 in 2002 and a minimum value of 4.70 in 2008.

Definition: Rural poverty rate is the percentage of the rural population living below the national rural poverty line.

Source: Global Poverty Working Group. Data are based on World Bank's country poverty assessments and country Poverty Reduction Strategies.

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Year Value
2002 35.10
2003 26.40
2004 19.80
2005 12.60
2006 10.30
2007 8.10
2008 4.70

Poverty headcount ratio at urban poverty line (% of urban population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at urban poverty line (% of urban population) in Ukraine was 2.00 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 6 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24.70 in 2002 and a minimum value of 2.00 in 2008.

Definition: Urban poverty rate is the percentage of the urban population living below the national urban poverty line.

Source: Global Poverty Working Group. Data are based on World Bank's country poverty assessments and country Poverty Reduction Strategies.

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Year Value
2002 24.70
2003 15.70
2004 12.20
2005 6.30
2006 5.10
2007 2.90
2008 2.00

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates