Russia: Poverty at 5.50 USD per day

For that indicator, we provide data for Russia from 1997 to 2020. The average value for Russia during that period was 17.02 percent with a minimum of 4.1 percent in 2020 and a maximum of 48.1 percent in 1999. The latest value from 2020 is 4.1 percent. For comparison, the world average in 2020 based on 20 countries is 27.54 percent. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.