Poverty Headcount / United Kingdom
United Kingdom Poverty Headcount
United Kingdom poverty headcount data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 18.60%.
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-10-10 08:45:17
GM ECONOMY RATING
United Kingdom · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
57 / 100
Moderate stability
Fiscal stability
6.5 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
13.0 / 20
External stability
2.0 / 15
Financial robustness
15.0 / 15
Structural stability
14.0 / 15
Future capacity
6.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
3.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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United Kingdom · poverty headcount data as percent of GDP.
Latest
18.60%
Previous
17.00%
Range avg.
17.80%
Rank
43
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CountryUnited Kingdom
IndicatorPoverty Headcount
18.60%2017 · Rank 43
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All indicators
Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
United Kingdom recorded 18.60% for Poverty Headcount in 2017, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2016, the indicator increased by 1.60 percentage points, from 17.00% to 18.60%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 2 available observations (17.80%).
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