Poverty & Inequality in Russia

98 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Russia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 5 surveys 2025 down 50.0% 59th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 49.6% 126th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 73.4% 138th
Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.45 live births per woman 2023 down 16.0% 181st
Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,167 kg per hectare 2023 up 41.3% 92nd
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 58.3% 172nd
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -7.65 % change on previous year 2023 down 137.2% 152nd
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 30.47 2023 down 3.3% 39th
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 30.5% 2023 down 3.3% 39th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 8.3% 173rd
Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 21.89 % change on previous year 2023 up 1,451.8% 11th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -16.67 % change on previous year 2025 118th
Gender Inequality Index 0.169 2023 down 26.5% 124th
Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 22.7% 2023 down 8.0% 63rd
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1013 2023 down 7.8% 121st
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1013 2023 down 7.8% 121st
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1536 2023 down 2.4% 68th
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2023 unchanged 103rd
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2023 103rd
Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2023 down 50.0% 106th
Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.9% 2023 down 84.2% 107th
Prosperity gap 1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 37.5% 103rd
Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1867 2023 down 14.2% 125th
Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2023 unchanged 100th
Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 13.7% 2023 down 20.8% 95th
Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.3% 2023 down 75.0% 109th
Population living in slums 2.6% 2022 down 16.9% 121st
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.758 2023 up 3.1% 46th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.758 2023 up 3.1% 46th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.758 2023 up 3.1% 46th
Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.1% 2023 unchanged 109th
Three metrics of inequality 53.97 2017 down 9.8% 63rd
Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.5397 2017 down 9.8% 63rd
Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 284.89 2023 up 1.5% 57th
Income share held by second 20% 12.1% 2023 up 17.5% 59th
Income share held by third 20% 16.5% 2023 up 14.6% 54th
Income share held by fourth 20% 22.7% 2023 up 8.1% 29th
Income share held by highest 20% 41.0% 2023 down 14.6% 72nd
Income share held by highest 10% 25.1% 2023 down 22.5% 75th
Income share held by lowest 10% 3.1% 2023 up 19.2% 39th
Income share held by lowest 20% 7.7% 2023 up 20.3% 43rd
Gini index 33 2023 down 19.3% 77th
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 10.8% 2023 down 13.6% 73rd
Total shortfall from extreme poverty 7.49 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2020 down 87.3% 92nd
Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.0% 2020 down 87.5% 112th
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.5316 2017 down 7.7% 47th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.5316 2017 down 7.7% 47th
Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 24,043 2017 up 48.0% 44th
Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 45.1% 2017 down 7.4% 51st
Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 20.0% 2017 down 22.8% 19th
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 34.1% 2020 up 8.1% 32nd
Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.0% 2020 down 78.3% 109th
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3607 2020 down 8.8% 46th
Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 60,539 people 2020 down 78.0% 78th
Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 0.0% 2020 down 78.3% 109th
How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 0.0% 2020 down 78.3% 109th
Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 0.0% 2020 down 78.3% 109th
Distribution of population between different poverty lines 131.67 million people 2020 up 7.0% 5th
Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 0.0% 2020 down 78.3% 109th
Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 0.0% 2020 down 78.3% 109th