Poverty & Inequality in Poland 162 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Poland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys 2025 down 20.0% 16th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 16.6% 76th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 62.9% 118th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.3 live births per woman 2023 up 0.5% 210th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,895 kg per hectare 2023 up 28.7% 46th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 17.9% 153rd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 0.6829 % change on previous year 2023 down 74.6% 84th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 35.13 2023 up 8.4% 23rd Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 35.1% 2023 up 8.4% 23rd Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 30.8% 152nd Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 2.18 % change on previous year 2023 up 4,106.1% 92nd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year 2025 — 77th Gender Inequality Index 0.081 2023 down 45.6% 141st Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 22.4% 2023 up 2.3% 65th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0842 2023 down 3.5% 176th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0842 2023 down 3.5% 176th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1132 2023 down 3.7% 140th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2023 down 66.7% 97th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2023 down 50.0% 91st Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.4% 2023 down 60.0% 99th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.1% 2023 down 77.6% 104th Prosperity gap 0.9 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 40.0% 105th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.198 2023 up 1.0% 118th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2023 down 50.0% 94th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 10.6% 2023 down 35.8% 108th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.4% 2023 down 71.4% 106th Population living in slums 4.2% 2022 up 1,587.2% 115th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.817 2023 up 4.3% 35th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.817 2023 up 4.3% 35th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.817 2023 up 4.3% 35th Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.2% 2023 down 66.7% 102nd Three metrics of inequality 48.57 2022 up 2.8% 85th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.4857 2022 up 2.8% 85th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 250.05 2023 up 20.4% 64th Income share held by second 20% 13.9% 2023 up 12.1% 13th Income share held by third 20% 17.7% 2023 up 4.1% 14th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.5% 2023 down 1.7% 37th Income share held by highest 20% 37.3% 2023 down 7.9% 105th Income share held by highest 10% 22.9% 2023 down 9.8% 104th Income share held by lowest 10% 3.3% 2023 up 22.2% 34th Income share held by lowest 20% 8.6% 2023 up 19.4% 25th Gini index 28.5 2023 down 13.9% 105th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 8.8% 2023 down 34.8% 93rd Total shortfall from extreme poverty 54.00 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 down 44.7% 63rd Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.1% 2023 down 42.6% 89th At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 13.2% 2025 down 25.0% 36th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.4011 2022 up 0.7% 83rd At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 21.6% 2025 down 5.7% 36th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.4011 2022 up 0.7% 83rd Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 4.8% 2025 down 70.4% 41st Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 26,061 2017 up 67.3% 40th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 15.0% 2025 down 33.3% 40th Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 2.0% 2025 down 74.4% 37th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 37.7% 2022 up 2.6% 77th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 15.1% 2022 up 9.2% 53rd Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 2.6% 2020 down 81.7% 33rd Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 17.3% 2020 down 37.8% 32nd Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 38.4% 2022 up 5.8% 14th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.2% 2023 down 57.0% 93rd Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.2847 2023 down 14.1% 103rd Page 1 of 3 Next →