Absolute poverty rates after housing costs in the UK, by age group, 2002/03– 2023/24

A line chart from the Institute for Government of absolute poverty rates after housing costs in the UK, by age group, 2002/03–2023/24, where children have the highest poverty rate, which has been in general decline since 2002/03, but has increased from 22.8% in 2021/22 to 26.4% in 2023/24.

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Source: Institute for Government analysis of IFS, 'Living Standards, Inequality and Poverty'.Notes: The absolute poverty rate is the proportion of people whose household incomes are below a poverty line that is fixed over time. We use the official absolute poverty line, which is 60% of the 2010 inflation-adjusted median income.Get the dataEmbed Download image