There isn't one single "poorest county," as deprivation varies by local area, but County Durham, parts of the North, and coastal areas like Cornwall, Blackpool, and Jaywick (Essex) consistently rank high in English deprivation indices, with areas like County Durham showing the most deprived rural spots, while Inner London and the West Midlands also face high poverty risks. The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) measures poverty by income, crime, education, unemployment, and housing, highlighting pockets of severe poverty across different regions.
Middlesbrough, Birmingham, Hartlepool, Kingston upon Hull and Manchester are the Local Authority Districts with the highest proportions of neighbourhoods among the most deprived in England. Two London boroughs (Tower Hamlets and Hackney) rank as the most deprived regarding income deprivation among children.
Poverty risk also varies across UK nations and regions, with the highest rates in the West Midlands, inner London and North West England, and considerably lower rates in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Eastern England.
Wales. Poverty within the UK is particularly concentrated in Wales.
As of recent studies, Cornwall ranks among the most deprived areas in England, with 17 of its neighborhoods classified in the top 10% for deprivation nationally. Child poverty remains a serious issue, with nearly 30% of children living in poverty, among the highest rates in the South West.
Jaywick, near Clacton-on-Sea in Essex, has been named the most deprived neighbourhood in England for the fourth consecutive time since 2010, new data shows.
South Sudan is widely considered the poorest country in the world in 2025-2026, consistently ranking first due to extremely low GDP per capita and a high percentage (over 80%) of its population living in extreme poverty, driven by prolonged civil conflict, displacement, and disruption of its agricultural economy. Other nations frequently cited as among the poorest include Burundi, the Central African Republic, and Yemen, also suffering from conflict and instability.
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The OECD's estimate for the overall rate of poverty in Australia according to this graph is 12.6% (compared with our estimate for 2019-20 of 13.4%). This makes Australia's poverty rate the 15th highest among the 38 OECD countries.
What we find is that Camden, Westminster, Tower Hamlets, Newham, Hounslow, Redbridge, Brent, Barking and Dagenham, Enfield, and Ealing all have poverty rates higher than the London average, while poverty rates in Bromley, Richmond upon Thames, Merton, Sutton, Havering, Islington, Bexley, Southwark, Hillingdon and ...
The richest country by GDP (PPP) per capita is often cited as Singapore, followed closely by Luxembourg, depending on the specific report and year, with Singapore leading in 2025 estimates with around $156,000-$157,000 per person, while Luxembourg is a strong contender just below that, highlighting small, finance-heavy economies as wealthiest per person.
In the United States (in 2017), the place with the lowest median household income was Little River, California (population 117), while the place with the lowest median household income with a population of more than 1,000 was Comerío Zona Urbana in Comerío, Puerto Rico (population 4,312).
Households with an income of less than £296 a week are considered to be in relative low income, according to the latest Government statistics. The report shows that the mean UK household income is £594 per week.
Devon has been named the best county in England in a new list released by the Telegraph news paper. And, with: 2 National Parks. 5 Natural Landscapes.
the most deprived neighbourhood in England is to the east of the Jaywick & St Osyth area of Clacton-on-Sea in Tendring. seven neighbourhoods in Blackpool rank among the top 10 most deprived in England. overall, 82% of neighbourhoods that are in the most deprived decile in 2025 were also the most deprived in 2019.
Jaywick presents a complex safety profile, with an overall crime rate of 154.6 per 1,000 residents, which is significantly higher than the UK average of 93.1.
. . . while the least white place in London - by far - is Southall Broadway, where just 8.7% of the population consider themselves White British. There's only one ward in the city with a more than 5% Chinese population, which Millwall in Tower Hamlets at 5.4%.
A rookery, in the colloquial English of the 18th and 19th centuries, was a city slum occupied by poor people and frequently also by criminals and prostitutes.
While inner boroughs like Westminster have historically recorded the highest rates of rough sleeping, there has been a noticeable shift. Street homelessness is increasing in outer boroughs, particularly in West London, where Ealing has reported some of the highest rates of rough sleeping.
Perth has surpassed Sydney as the least affordable capital city in Australia, relative to household incomes. Albo''s legacy -poverty & antisemetic violence.
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The poverty line in Australia is generally defined as 50 per cent of median household income. If someone was earning less than the below amounts (including a government income) in 2022, they were classed as below the poverty line: $454 a week for a single person. $725 for a sole parent with two children.
But despite the economic uptick of recent years, Tasmania is still the poorest Australian state.