Poverty & Inequality in Kazakhstan

100 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Kazakhstan.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 6 surveys 2025 down 40.0% 52nd
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 47.9% 72nd
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 63.9% 94th
Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.01 live births per woman 2023 up 12.8% 59th
Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,530 kg per hectare 2024 up 30.4% 145th
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 0.9% 159th
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 48.73 % change on previous year 2024 up 7,177.1% 6th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 20.46 2022 down 15.5% 89th
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 20.5% 2022 down 15.5% 89th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2022 down 22.0% 139th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 28.89 % change on previous year 2022 up 523.2% 8th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -14.29 % change on previous year 2025 113th
Gender Inequality Index 0.182 2023 down 21.9% 120th
Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.8% 2023 down 3.6% 111th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0958 2023 down 14.3% 134th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0958 2023 down 14.3% 134th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1284 2023 down 15.3% 110th
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% 113th
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2021 103rd
Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.3% 2021 down 72.7% 103rd
Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 15.2% 2021 down 36.4% 70th
Prosperity gap 2.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2021 down 11.1% 66th
Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1471 2023 up 3.1% 153rd
Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% 112th
Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 8.3% 2021 down 35.7% 118th
Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 2.4% 2021 down 48.9% 77th
Population living in slums 0.8% 2022 down 89.8% 130th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.766 2023 up 5.7% 44th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.766 2023 up 5.7% 44th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.766 2023 up 5.7% 44th
Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% 122nd
Three metrics of inequality 53.14 2018 up 0.2% 67th
Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.5314 2018 up 0.2% 67th
Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 135.37 2023 up 45.3% 89th
Income share held by second 20% 13.1% 2021 down 2.2% 28th
Income share held by third 20% 16.3% 2021 down 4.7% 63rd
Income share held by fourth 20% 21.5% 2021 down 4.0% 88th
Income share held by highest 20% 39.3% 2021 up 4.5% 91st
Income share held by highest 10% 24.8% 2021 up 7.8% 82nd
Income share held by lowest 10% 4.3% 2021 up 4.9% 4th
Income share held by lowest 20% 9.8% 2021 up 3.2% 7th
Gini index 29.2 2021 up 4.3% 103rd
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 3.1% 2021 down 36.7% 122nd
Total shortfall from extreme poverty 1.49 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2021 down 76.6% 105th
Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.0% 2021 down 79.8% 111th
Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0035 2024 down 27.7% 141st
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.4937 2018 up 13.1% 64th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.4937 2018 up 13.1% 64th
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.0% 2024 129th
Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 24,557 2017 up 61.2% 42nd
Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 41.2% 2018 up 0.0% 68th
Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 14.9% 2018 down 1.5% 54th
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 23.6% 2023 up 14.0% 67th
Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.0% 2021 down 82.7% 110th
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.2919 2021 up 4.3% 100th
Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 7,932 people 2021 down 80.0% 104th
Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 0.0% 2021 down 82.7% 110th
How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 0.0% 2021 down 82.7% 110th
Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 0.0% 2021 down 82.7% 110th
Distribution of population between different poverty lines 13.56 million people 2021 up 30.8% 36th