Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Mongolia
Mongolia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 97.9% in 2022. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Mongolia, 1995–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Mongolia stood at 97.9%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Mongolia peaked at 100.0% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 97.9%, in 2022.
Mongolia ranks 44th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 100.0% | — |
| 1998 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 99.9% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 99.0% | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 99.4% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 99.0% | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 98.3% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 98.4% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 99.1% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 98.9% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 97.9% | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 99.5% | 99.0% | 99.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 98.9% | 98.3% | 99.4% | 6 |
| 2020s | 97.9% | 97.9% | 97.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More poverty & inequality data for Mongolia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 3 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.69 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,296 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 16.38 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 31.3 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 31.3% (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Mongolia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Mongolia was 97.9% in 2022, 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1995.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.9% in 2022.
- How does Mongolia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Mongolia ranks 44th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.