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Poverty Headcount / United Kingdom
Population & Society

United Kingdom Poverty Headcount

United Kingdom poverty headcount data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 18.6%.
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-07-06 05:11:11
Economy Data Rating
United Kingdom · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
80 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability 14.4 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 16.7 / 20
External stability 13.7 / 15
Financial robustness 13.5 / 15
Structural stability 7.6 / 10
Future capacity 8.5 / 10
Demographic capacity n/a
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 75% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 2016–2017 2016– 2017
2016 2017
Selected year: 2017 · Value: n/a 2017

United Kingdom · poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines.

2016–2017
18.6 percent
17 percent
17.8 percent
44 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
2016 2017
poverty headcount rate reference line

Countries by poverty headcount

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Nigeria 56.2
Yemen 48.6
Afghanistan 47.1
Timor-Leste 41.8
Micronesia 41.2
Papua New Guinea 39.9
Kenya 39.8
Argentina 38.1

Interpretation

short note

This social and demographic indicator helps place economic development in population context.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
France 15.6
Germany 14.8
Italy 20.1
China 0
India 21.9

Related indicators

internal links
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SI.POV.NAHC

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-07-06 05:11:11

United Kingdom Snapshot

country profile
Population 69.23 m
GDP 4002.59 bn
Debt/GDP 131.07%
Inflation 3.88%
Unemployment 4.75%
Currency n/a
Region Europe
Income group High income

United Kingdom Poverty Headcount: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Poverty Headcount for United Kingdom. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: united kingdom poverty headcount rate, poverty headcount data united kingdom, united kingdom poverty headcount statistics, united kingdom percent, poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines..