Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 99.1% in 2005. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Azerbaijan, 1995–2005
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Azerbaijan recorded 99.1% for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in 2005. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Azerbaijan peaked at 99.9% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 99.1%, in 2005.
Azerbaijan ranks 37th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Azerbaijan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 99.9% | — |
| 2001 | 99.3% | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 99.5% | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 99.3% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 99.2% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 99.1% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 1 |
| 2000s | 99.3% | 99.1% | 99.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Azerbaijan
- 34 Lao People's Democratic Republic 99.3% compare
- 35 Tajikistan 99.3% compare
- 36 Indonesia 99.1% compare
- 38 Georgia 99.0% compare
- 39 Republic of Moldova 98.8% compare
- 40 Ukraine 98.4% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Azerbaijan
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.67 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,427 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 1.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 22.5 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 22.5% (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 Azerbaijan?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Azerbaijan was 99.1% in 2005, 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 Azerbaijan?
- The highest recorded value was 99.9% in 1995.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Azerbaijan?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.1% in 2005.
- How does Azerbaijan rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Azerbaijan ranks 37th out of 120 countries with data for 2005.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Azerbaijan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Azerbaijan 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.