Poverty & Inequality in Poland

162 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Poland.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Subjective poverty by sex and age 11.2% 2025 down 61.9% 35th
Subjective poverty by tenure status 11.2% 2025 down 61.9% 35th
Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction 0.0% 2024 27th
Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality 24.1% 2022 up 5.5% 25th
Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty 15.0% 2025 down 35.9% 42nd
Material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 4.8% 2025 down 70.4% 43rd
Material and social deprivation rate by tenure status 4.8% 2025 down 70.4% 43rd
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by level of disability 20.3% 2025 down 26.7% 32nd
Severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability 2.1% 2025 down 65.0% 29th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex 5,396 Thousand persons 2025 down 35.8% 8th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.2568 2023 down 14.1% 34th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population 0.2603 2023 down 14.2% 34th
Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation 35,925 Thousand persons 2025 down 3.9% 6th
Mean number of deprivation items among the deprived 8.1 Average 2025 down 2.4% 27th
Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age and a risk of 1.7% 2025 down 57.5% 36th
Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 9.7% 2025 down 20.5% 22nd
Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 9.7% 2025 down 20.5% 22nd
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status 5,396 Thousand persons 2025 down 35.8% 6th
Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty 1.7% 2025 down 57.5% 36th
Persons who cannot afford a personal car by sex, age and risk of 3.5% 2025 down 62.4% 34th
Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age 0.8% 2025 down 46.7% 34th
Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status 2.0% 2025 down 74.4% 37th
Severe material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 582 Thousand persons 2025 down 78.0% 10th
Share in multidimensional poverty according to national definitions 16.3% 2023 down 36.8% 36th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion - EU2030 target 5,396 Thousand persons 2025 down 35.8% 6th
Material deprivation for the 'Durables' dimension, by number of item 95.3% 2020 up 16.2% 8th
Material and social deprivation rate by age, sex and most frequent 1.1% 2025 down 93.6% 29th
Severe material deprivation rate by age and sex 972 Thousand persons 2020 down 81.8% 14th
Proportion of population below the international poverty line of 0.0% 2016 62nd
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3% 2024 down 13.3% 30th
Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status 2.6% 2020 down 81.7% 35th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status - EU 17.3% 2020 down 37.8% 34th
At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2019) by 4.6% 2025 down 70.1% 39th
Severe material and social deprivation by age, sex and most frequent 0 Thousand persons 2025 down 100.0% 15th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex - EU -5,061 Cumulative difference from 2008, in thousands 2020 down 367.3% 41st
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio 17.3% 2020 down 37.8% 31st
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, female 18.2% 2020 down 36.1% 25th
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, male 16.5% 2020 down 38.9% 28th
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, children 14.8% 2020 down 51.9% 32nd
Households impoverished by out-of-pocket payments (relative poverty) 2.1% 2021 down 28.9% 15th
Households further impoverished by out-of-pocket payments (relative) 1.2% 2021 down 12.3% 14th
Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line 3.3% 2021 down 23.8% 13th