Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Georgia
Georgia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 97.4% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Georgia, 1996–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Georgia stood at 97.4%. That is the lowest value across all 29 years on record.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Georgia peaked at 99.6% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 97.4%, in 2024.
That places Georgia 38th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.1% | 98.0% | 99.5% | 4 |
| 2000s | 99.4% | 99.2% | 99.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.6% | 98.1% | 99.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.4% | 97.4% | 99.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Georgia
More poverty & inequality data for Georgia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.81 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,568 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 24.6% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.257 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 20.8% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0932 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0932 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1238 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2145 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Georgia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Georgia was 97.4% 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 Georgia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.6% in 2001.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Georgia?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.4% in 2024.
- How does Georgia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Georgia ranks 38th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Georgia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Georgia 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.