Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data in Georgia
Georgia: Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data was 156,464 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data in Georgia, 1996–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in people.
Analysis
Georgia recorded 156,464 people for number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of down 27.7% on the previous year and down 65.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data in Georgia peaked at 1.47 million people in 2001 and was at its lowest, 156,464 people, in 2024.
Georgia ranks 61st of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.07 million people | 548,347 people | 1.36 million people | 4 |
| 2000s | 979,892 people | 806,706 people | 1.47 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 537,659 people | 360,956 people | 894,336 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 301,211 people | 156,464 people | 445,845 people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Georgia
More poverty & inequality data for Georgia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.81 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,568 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 24.6% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.257 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0932 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0932 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1238 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 20.8% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2145 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data in Georgia?
- Number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data in Georgia was 156,464 people in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data recorded in Georgia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.47 million people in 2001.
- What is the lowest number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data recorded in Georgia?
- The lowest recorded value was 156,464 people in 2024.
- How does Georgia rank for number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data?
- Georgia ranks 61st out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data rising or falling in Georgia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 65.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Georgia 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 Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.