Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Armenia
Armenia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 98.7% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
98.7%
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
33rd
of 120 countries
All-time high
99.5%
in 2001
All-time low
97.3%
in 2018
Years of data
25
1999–2024
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Armenia, 1999–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Armenia recorded 98.7% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in 2024.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Armenia peaked at 99.5% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 97.3%, in 2018.
Armenia ranks 33rd of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Armenia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 99.2% | — |
| 2001 | 99.5% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 99.3% | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 99.2% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 98.1% | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 98.0% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 99.2% | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 98.8% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 99.2% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 99.5% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 99.2% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 99.0% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 98.8% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 99.1% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 98.3% | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 97.4% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 98.8% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 97.9% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 97.3% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 98.6% | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 99.5% | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 99.0% | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 99.3% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 99.2% | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 98.7% | -0.5% |
Armenia compared with similar countries
- Armenia's 98.7% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 90.5%, 1.1× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Armenia's 98.7% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 40.5%, 2.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.2% | 99.2% | 99.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 99.0% | 98.0% | 99.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 98.4% | 97.3% | 99.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.1% | 98.7% | 99.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Armenia
More poverty & inequality data for Armenia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.71 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,961 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 -17.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 23 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 23.0% (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 $30 a day in Armenia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Armenia was 98.7% 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 $30 a day recorded in Armenia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.5% in 2001.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Armenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.3% in 2018.
- How does Armenia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Armenia ranks 33rd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Armenia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Armenia 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 $30 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 $30 per day.