| Measure/in percentage in 2012 | US | Poland |
| Income determined poverty | 15 | 6.8 |
| Relative poverty | 17.1 | 11.1 |
| Deep poverty | 6.6 | 6.1 |
| Poverty gap | 20.6 | 27.5 |
| Of all poor, those under 18 | 22* | 14.1 |
| Incidence of poverty among those under 18 | 19.1 | 10.9 |