World Bank data on poverty and inequality in the Russian Federation, produced in collaboration with national institutions and civil society. The dataset includes internationally comparable poverty estimates and lines generated since 1990 by the World Bank's Development Research Group. It is sourced from analytical reports, national monitoring programs, and the World Bank's data portal.
Use Cases
- Assess the extent and causes of poverty based on household survey data and measurement methods mentioned in the description
- Examine the impact of economic growth and public policy on inequality using analytical reports referenced in the description
- Monitor poverty trends over time using internationally comparable poverty estimates and lines described as being produced since 1990
Strengths
- Data is produced by the World Bank's Development Research Group, which has been generating comparable global poverty estimates since 1990.
- The dataset is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, allowing for broad reuse and sharing.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group
- Collection Method
- Analytical work assessing poverty and inequality, using household survey data and measurement methods.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 10:42:33.404832; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Russian Federation