Between 1987 and 1988, just three percent of the population in Central and Eastern Europe lived below the poverty level; between 1993 and 1995, this had increased to one quarter of the population. This drastic shift came as a result of communism's end in Europe, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In Russia alone, just two percent of the population lived in poverty in 1989, but this rose to 23.8 percent in 1998.
Share of the population in Central and Eastern Europe living below the poverty level in select periods between 1987 and 1995
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Cambridge University Press. (December 31, 2006). Share of the population in Central and Eastern Europe living below the poverty level in select periods between 1987 and 1995 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1072801/east-bloc-poverty-rate-1987-1995/
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Share of the population in Central and Eastern Europe living below the poverty level in select periods between 1987 and 1995 [Graph], Cambridge University Press, December 31, 2006. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1072801/east-bloc-poverty-rate-1987-1995/
