Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Armenia
Armenia: Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl was 7.9% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Armenia, 2010–2021
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2021, households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Armenia stood at 7.9%.
The figure is down 12.7% on the previous year and down 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Armenia peaked at 17.1% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 7.6%, in 2012.
Armenia ranks 3rd of 26 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 11.7% | 7.6% | 17.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.4% | 7.9% | 9.0% | 2 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Armenia
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 9 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.71 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 1,961 (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 23 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.18 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 20.18 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.0854 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.0854 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.116 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.1512 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Armenia?
- Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Armenia was 7.9% in 2021, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl recorded in Armenia?
- The highest recorded value was 17.1% in 2016.
- What is the lowest households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl recorded in Armenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.6% in 2012.
- How does Armenia rank for households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl?
- Armenia ranks 3rd out of 26 countries with data for 2021.
- Is households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl rising or falling in Armenia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Armenia data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (reflecting basic needs: food, housing, utilities - developed by WHO/Europe) by out-of-pocket payments (%, national). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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