Poverty & Inequality in Armenia

98 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Armenia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of people living in extreme poverty 3.01 million people 2024 up 3.4% 103rd
Distribution of population between different poverty lines 23,791 people 2024 down 77.0% 88th
Number of people living in extreme poverty 23,791 people 2024 down 77.0% 88th
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption 47.4% 2024 down 14.1% 41st
The share and number of people living in extreme poverty 0.8% 2024 down 77.2% 71st
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 1.7% 2024 down 57.4% 111th
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median 6.2% 2024 down 27.0% 110th
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median 12.3% 2024 down 24.3% 109th
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day 99.5% 2024 up 0.5% 33rd
Extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time 0.8% 2024 down 77.2% 71st
Share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty 5.7% 2024 down 49.9% 54th
Share of global population living in extreme poverty including and excluding China 0.8% 2024 down 77.2% 71st
Share of the population in poverty vs. Electoral Democracy Index 64.8% 2024 down 7.3% 39th
Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data 23,791 people 2024 down 77.0% 88th
Distribution of population between different poverty lines 15,882 people 2024 down 48.5% 110th
Gini coefficient 0.2744 2024 down 12.8% 106th
Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty 2.6% 2016 down 38.1% 82nd
Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate 0.8% 2024 down 77.2% 69th
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 21.7% 2024 down 27.7% 23rd
Share of population living below national poverty lines 21.7% 2024 down 27.7% 23rd
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 0.8% 2024 down 77.1% 43rd
Distribution of population between different poverty lines (2011 prices) 365,091 people 2022 up 3.1% 109th
Share of population living in extreme poverty (2011 prices) 0.8% 2022 down 8.0% 61st
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) 99.7% 2022 up 0.4% 25th
Share of population living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.8% 2022 down 8.0% 61st
Number of people living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 23,462 people 2022 down 12.2% 81st
Share of population living on less than the lower-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 10.0% 2022 down 10.8% 45th
Share of population living on less than the upper-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 43.7% 2022 down 9.4% 41st
Share of population living in extreme poverty (2017 prices) 0.8% 2022 down 6.1% 62nd
Employed population below international poverty line, by sex and age 1.1% 2023 down 34.5% 21st
Proportion of population living below the national poverty line 21.7% 2024 down 27.7% 23rd
Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty 13.2% 2024 down 58.6% 43rd
Share in multidimensional poverty according to national definitions 17.3% 2023 down 43.3% 32nd
Proportion of population below the international poverty line of 1.4% 2017 down 50.0% 28th
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio 19.1% 2020 down 53.6% 23rd
Households impoverished by out-of-pocket payments (relative poverty) 5.0% 2021 down 13.5% 3rd
Households further impoverished by out-of-pocket payments (relative) 2.8% 2021 down 13.0% 3rd
Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line 7.9% 2021 down 13.3% 3rd