Poverty & Inequality in Armenia

98 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Armenia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys 2025 down 10.0% 4th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 12.4% 19th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 67.5% 17th
Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.71 live births per woman 2023 up 2.7% 137th
Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,961 kg per hectare 2024 down 38.4% 122nd
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 72.4% 65th
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -17.23 % change on previous year 2024 down 585.1% 170th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 23 2023 up 2.5% 70th
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 23.0% 2023 up 2.5% 70th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 52.9% 61st
Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 3.14 % change on previous year 2023 down 54.6% 80th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -10 % change on previous year 2025 65th
Gender Inequality Index 0.18 2023 down 42.7% 121st
Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 20.2% 2023 down 3.9% 88th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0854 2023 down 10.6% 173rd
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0854 2023 down 10.6% 173rd
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.116 2023 down 9.5% 134th
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.8% 2024 down 76.5% 73rd
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2024 down 83.3% 91st
Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 5.7% 2024 down 50.0% 56th
Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 47.4% 2024 down 14.1% 41st
Prosperity gap 3.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2024 down 12.2% 48th
Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1512 2023 down 11.2% 151st
Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.9% 2024 down 60.9% 63rd
Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 16.5% 2024 down 25.7% 79th
Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 12.6% 2024 down 30.0% 49th
Population living in slums 8.4% 2022 down 14.9% 102nd
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.743 2023 up 8.2% 54th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.743 2023 up 8.2% 54th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.743 2023 up 8.2% 54th
Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.8% 2024 down 76.5% 76th
Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 617.19 2023 up 89.6% 32nd
Income share held by second 20% 13.9% 2024 up 9.4% 13th
Income share held by third 20% 17.5% 2024 up 3.6% 20th
Income share held by fourth 20% 21.9% 2024 down 0.5% 75th
Income share held by highest 20% 37.2% 2024 down 7.2% 108th
Income share held by highest 10% 23.3% 2024 down 9.3% 101st
Income share held by lowest 10% 4.0% 2024 up 14.3% 10th
Income share held by lowest 20% 9.6% 2024 up 12.9% 9th
Gini index 27.4 2024 down 13.0% 109th
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 6.2% 2024 down 26.2% 113th
Total shortfall from extreme poverty 4.39 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2024 down 77.6% 97th
Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.1% 2024 down 77.7% 90th
Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0466 2024 down 45.7% 102nd
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.1% 2024 down 44.4% 93rd
Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 10,859 2017 up 35.6% 87th
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 25.2% 2024 down 9.1% 61st
Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.8% 2024 down 77.2% 71st
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.2744 2024 down 12.8% 106th
Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 23,791 people 2024 down 77.0% 88th
Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 0.8% 2024 down 77.2% 71st
How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 0.8% 2024 down 77.2% 71st
Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 0.8% 2024 down 77.2% 71st
Distribution of population between different poverty lines 1.07 million people 2024 up 17.9% 103rd
Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 0.8% 2024 down 77.2% 71st
Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 0.8% 2024 down 77.2% 71st
Distribution of population between different poverty lines 15,882 people 2024 down 48.5% 110th
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 98.7% 2024 up 0.5% 33rd
Share of population living in extreme poverty 0.8% 2024 down 77.2% 71st
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 47.4% 2024 down 14.1% 41st