Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Armenia
Armenia: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.2744 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Armenia, 1999–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Armenia is 0.2744, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and down 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Armenia peaked at 0.3751 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.2513, in 2020.
Armenia ranks 106th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Armenia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.3622 | — |
| 2001 | 0.3536 | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 0.3478 | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 0.3303 | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 0.3751 | +13.6% |
| 2005 | 0.3599 | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 0.2971 | -17.5% |
| 2007 | 0.3123 | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 0.2919 | -6.5% |
| 2009 | 0.2802 | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 0.2999 | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 0.2935 | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 0.296 | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.3058 | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 0.3148 | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3236 | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 0.3255 | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.3362 | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 0.3443 | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 0.3003 | -12.8% |
| 2020 | 0.2513 | -16.3% |
| 2021 | 0.2794 | +11.2% |
| 2022 | 0.2795 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2715 | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 0.2744 | +1.1% |
Armenia compared with similar countries
- Armenia's 0.2744 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3588, 76% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Armenia's 0.2744 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3058, 90% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3622 | 0.3622 | 0.3622 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.3276 | 0.2802 | 0.3751 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.314 | 0.2935 | 0.3443 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2712 | 0.2513 | 0.2795 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Armenia
More poverty & inequality data for Armenia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.71 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,961 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -17.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 23 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 23.0% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Armenia?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Armenia was 0.2744 in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Armenia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3751 in 2004.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Armenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2513 in 2020.
- How does Armenia rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Armenia ranks 106th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Armenia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Armenia data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.