Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 93.9% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Kazakhstan, 1993–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Kazakhstan recorded 93.9% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Kazakhstan peaked at 99.9% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 93.9%, in 2021.
That places Kazakhstan 46th out of 120 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Kazakhstan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 99.9% | — |
| 1996 | 99.4% | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 99.5% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 99.4% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 99.4% | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 99.4% | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 98.2% | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 98.8% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 98.0% | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 98.2% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 98.5% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 98.2% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 96.6% | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 96.3% | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 95.9% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 96.5% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 97.1% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 97.5% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 96.6% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 95.4% | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 95.3% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 94.7% | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 93.9% | -0.9% |
Kazakhstan compared with similar countries
- Kazakhstan's 93.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 90.5%, 1.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Kazakhstan's 93.9% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 40.5%, 2.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.6% | 99.4% | 99.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 98.8% | 98.0% | 99.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 96.5% | 95.3% | 98.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.3% | 93.9% | 94.7% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Kazakhstan
More poverty & inequality data for Kazakhstan
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 6 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 in Kazakhstan?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Kazakhstan was 93.9% in 2021, 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 Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 99.9% in 1993.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.9% in 2021.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Kazakhstan ranks 46th out of 120 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kazakhstan 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.