Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Tajikistan
Tajikistan: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 99.3% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Tajikistan, 1999–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Tajikistan recorded 99.3% for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Tajikistan peaked at 100.0% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 99.0%, in 2022.
That places Tajikistan 35th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Tajikistan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 100.0% | — |
| 2003 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 100.0% | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 99.8% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 99.8% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 99.8% | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 99.8% | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 99.0% | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 99.1% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 99.3% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 99.9% | 99.8% | 100.0% | 4 |
| 2010s | 99.8% | 99.8% | 99.8% | 1 |
| 2020s | 99.3% | 99.0% | 99.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tajikistan
More poverty & inequality data for Tajikistan
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 4 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.07 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,124 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 10.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 19.74 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 19.7% (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 Tajikistan?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Tajikistan was 99.3% 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 Tajikistan?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1999.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Tajikistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.0% in 2022.
- How does Tajikistan rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Tajikistan ranks 35th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Tajikistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Tajikistan 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.