Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Georgia
Georgia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 99.0% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Georgia, 1996–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Georgia stood at 99.0%. That is the lowest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Georgia peaked at 99.8% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 99.0%, in 2024.
Georgia ranks 38th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Georgia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 99.2% | — |
| 1997 | 99.7% | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 99.8% | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 99.8% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 99.8% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 99.8% | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 99.8% | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 99.8% | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 99.8% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 99.7% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 99.8% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 99.7% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 99.7% | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 99.7% | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 99.7% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 99.6% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 99.6% | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 99.4% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 99.5% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 99.4% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 99.4% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 99.2% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 99.3% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 99.3% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 99.7% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 99.6% | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 99.6% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 99.1% | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 99.0% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.6% | 99.2% | 99.8% | 4 |
| 2000s | 99.8% | 99.7% | 99.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.4% | 99.2% | 99.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.4% | 99.0% | 99.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Georgia
- 35 Tajikistan 99.3% compare
- 36 Indonesia 99.1% compare
- 37 Azerbaijan 99.1% compare
- 39 Republic of Moldova 98.8% compare
- 40 Ukraine 98.4% compare
- 41 Albania 98.3% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Georgia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.81 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,568 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 6.64 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 24.59 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 24.6% (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 Georgia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Georgia was 99.0% 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 Georgia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.8% in 2004.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Georgia?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.0% in 2024.
- How does Georgia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Georgia ranks 38th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Georgia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 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.