Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Mongolia
Mongolia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 97.1% in 2022. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Mongolia, 1995–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 97.1% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Mongolia peaked at 100.0% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 97.1%, in 2022.
That places Mongolia 46th out of 119 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 100.0% | — |
| 1998 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 99.8% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 98.7% | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 99.1% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 98.7% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 97.7% | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 97.8% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 98.8% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 98.5% | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 97.1% | -1.4% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 97.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.3%, 1.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 97.1% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 94.5%, 1.0× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 99.3% | 98.7% | 99.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 98.4% | 97.7% | 99.1% | 6 |
| 2020s | 97.1% | 97.1% | 97.1% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More poverty & inequality data for Mongolia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 3 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day (2011 prices) in Mongolia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Mongolia was 97.1% in 2022, 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1995.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.1% in 2022.
- How does Mongolia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Mongolia ranks 46th out of 119 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. 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 (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.