Poverty & Inequality in United Kingdom 19 indicators covering poverty & inequality for United Kingdom. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.9% 2021 up 28.6% 105th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.5% 2021 unchanged 94th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.4% 2021 up 33.3% 82nd Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.3% 2021 up 50.0% 68th Prosperity gap 0.9 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2021 up 12.5% 103rd Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.5% 2021 up 25.0% 102nd Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 13.3% 2021 unchanged 94th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.3% 2021 up 50.0% 83rd Population living in slums 0.2% 2022 up 62.5% 144th Income share held by second 20% 12.5% 2021 up 1.6% 46th Gini index 32.4 2021 down 2.4% 80th Income share held by lowest 20% 7.6% 2021 unchanged 48th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.9% 2021 down 6.5% 53rd Income share held by highest 10% 25.0% 2021 down 3.5% 76th Income share held by highest 20% 40.0% 2021 down 2.4% 79th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.9% 2021 up 1.8% 18th Income share held by third 20% 17.0% 2021 up 2.4% 36th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 11.7% 2021 up 1.7% 58th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.4% 2021 up 33.3% 83rd