Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Mongolia
Mongolia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 94.2% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Mongolia, 1995–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Mongolia is 94.2%, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Mongolia peaked at 100.0% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 94.2%, in 2022.
That places Mongolia 44th out of 120 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 98.7% | 97.6% | 99.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 97.0% | 95.8% | 98.1% | 6 |
| 2020s | 94.2% | 94.2% | 94.2% | 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)
- 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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 31.3% (2022)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.284 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 29.0% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1052 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1052 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.141 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1919 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Mongolia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Mongolia was 94.2% in 2022, 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 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 recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 94.2% in 2022.
- How does Mongolia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Mongolia ranks 44th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.