Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 95.6% in 2021. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Kazakhstan, 1993–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Kazakhstan recorded 95.6% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Kazakhstan peaked at 100.0% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 95.6%, in 2021.
Kazakhstan ranks 55th of 119 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Kazakhstan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 100.0% | — |
| 1996 | 99.7% | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 99.7% | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 99.6% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 99.6% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 99.6% | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 98.8% | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 99.1% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 98.7% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 98.8% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 99.1% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 98.8% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 97.8% | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 97.6% | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 97.3% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 97.7% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 98.1% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 98.4% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 97.8% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 96.9% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 96.7% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 96.2% | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 95.6% | -0.6% |
Kazakhstan compared with similar countries
- Kazakhstan's 95.6% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.3%, 1.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Kazakhstan's 95.6% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 56.8%, 1.7× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.9% | 99.7% | 100.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 99.2% | 98.7% | 99.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 97.7% | 96.7% | 98.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.9% | 95.6% | 96.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Kazakhstan
More poverty & inequality data for Kazakhstan
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 6 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.01 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,530 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 48.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 20.46 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 20.5% (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 $30 a day (2011 prices) in Kazakhstan?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Kazakhstan was 95.6% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1993.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 95.6% in 2021.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Kazakhstan ranks 55th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Kazakhstan data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.