Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Armenia
Armenia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 99.5% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Armenia, 1999–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Armenia is 99.5%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Armenia peaked at 99.8% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 98.3%, in 2018.
That places Armenia 33rd out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Armenia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 99.6% | — |
| 2001 | 99.7% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 99.7% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 99.6% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 99.1% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 98.9% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 99.7% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 99.5% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 99.7% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 99.8% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 99.7% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 99.6% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 99.3% | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 99.6% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 99.0% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 98.6% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 99.5% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 98.8% | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 98.3% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 99.5% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 99.8% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 99.5% | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 99.7% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 99.6% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 99.5% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.6% | 99.6% | 99.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 99.5% | 98.9% | 99.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 99.2% | 98.3% | 99.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.6% | 99.5% | 99.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Armenia
More poverty & inequality data for Armenia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Armenia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Armenia was 99.5% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Armenia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.8% in 2009.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Armenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.3% in 2018.
- How does Armenia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Armenia ranks 33rd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Armenia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.