Inequality - Poverty rate - OECD Data

The poverty rate is the ratio of the number of people (in a given age group) whose income falls below the poverty line; taken as half the median household ... Povertyrate Relatedtopics Society Thepovertyrateistheratioofthenumberofpeople(inagivenagegroup)whoseincomefallsbelowthepovertyline;takenashalfthemedianhouseholdincomeofthetotalpopulation.Itisalsoavailablebybroadagegroup:childpoverty(0-17yearsold),working-agepovertyandelderlypoverty(66year-oldsormore).However,twocountrieswiththesamepovertyratesmaydifferintermsoftherelativeincome-levelofthepoor. Latestpublication InItTogether:WhyLessInequalityBenefitsAllPublication(2015) Indicators Incomeinequality Povertyrate Povertygap Discriminatoryfamilycode Violenceagainstwomen Womeninpolitics SocialInstitutionsandGender Housingovercrowding PovertyrateSource: Incomedistribution Show: Chart Table fullscreen share download Selecteddataonly(.csv) Fullindicatordata(.csv) Mypinboard Addthisview Gotopinboard ©OECD·Terms&Conditions Perspectives TOT 0_17 18_65 66MORE TOT 0_17 18_65 66MORE Comparevariables RT Countries HighlightedCountries () Highlightcountries Findacountrybyname Currentlyhighlighted Removeall Selectbackground All OECD EuropeanUnion EuroArea G7 G20 None Time yearly quarterly monthly latestdataavailable Definitionof Povertyrate Thepovertyrateistheratioofthenumberofpeople(inagivenagegroup)whoseincomefallsbelowthepovertyline;takenashalfthemedianhouseholdincomeofthetotalpopulation.Itisalsoavailablebybroadagegroup:childpoverty(0-17yearsold),working-agepovertyandelderlypoverty(66year-oldsormore).However,twocountrieswiththesamepovertyratesmaydifferintermsoftherelativeincome-levelofthepoor. Lastpublishedin Publication DOIURL Citation Pleasecitethisindicatorasfollows: OECD(2022),Povertyrate(indicator).doi:10.1787/0fe1315d-en Relatedpublications How'sLife?Publication(2020) SocietyataGlancePublication(2019) Sourcedatabase IncomedistributionDatabaseOECDSocialandWelfareStatistics DatawarehouseDatabaseOECD.Stat FurtherindicatorsrelatedtoInequality GrossnationalincomeIndicator HouseholddisposableincomeIndicator AdulteducationlevelIndicator EmploymentrateIndicator FurtherpublicationsrelatedtoInequality How'sLife?Publication(2020) SocietyataGlancePublication(2019) ClosingtheGenderGapPublication(2012) Yourselectionforsharing: Snapshotofdataforafixedperiod(datawillnotchangeevenifupdatedonthesite) Latestavailabledataforafixedperiod, Latestavailabledata, Sharingoptions Facebook Twitter E-Mail PermanentURL CopytheURLtoopenthischartwithallyourselections. Embedcode Usethiscodetoembedthevisualisationintoyourwebsite. Width:px PreviewEmbedding OECD