COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Russian Federation Poverty Headcount
Russian Federation poverty headcount: latest available value for 2024, historical series from 2016, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SI.POV.NAHC| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7,20 | -1,10 |
| 2023 | 8,30 | -0,70 |
| 2022 | 9,00 | -2,10 |
| 2021 | 11,10 | -1,10 |
| 2020 | 12,20 | -0,20 |
| 2019 | 12,40 | -0,30 |
| 2018 | 12,70 | -0,30 |
| 2017 | 13,00 | -0,30 |
| 2016 | 13,30 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.
Source organization: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines., World Bank (WB), note: Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.
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Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesRussian Federation recorded 7,20 percent in 2024, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2023, the poverty headcount decreased by 1,10.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an downward direction.
Across 9 observations from 2016 to 2024, the average was 11,02; the minimum was 7,20 in 2024 and the maximum was 13,30 in 2016.
Russian Federation ranks 15 out of 160 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Europe & Central Asia.
It is also below the available average for the High income group.
Extent of poverty under national definitions.