Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Armenia
Armenia: Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median was 1.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Armenia, 1999–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Armenia is 1.7%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 29.0% on the previous year and down 57.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Armenia peaked at 5.2% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 2020.
Armenia ranks 111th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Armenia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 4.6% | — |
| 2001 | 3.8% | -17.0% |
| 2002 | 3.3% | -14.8% |
| 2003 | 1.9% | -43.4% |
| 2004 | 3.8% | +105.0% |
| 2005 | 2.7% | -28.0% |
| 2006 | 2.9% | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 3.5% | +23.0% |
| 2008 | 2.1% | -40.8% |
| 2009 | 1.9% | -9.7% |
| 2010 | 1.8% | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 2.4% | +36.8% |
| 2012 | 2.0% | -17.7% |
| 2013 | 3.0% | +52.6% |
| 2014 | 3.9% | +28.1% |
| 2015 | 4.2% | +9.2% |
| 2016 | 5.2% | +23.1% |
| 2017 | 2.9% | -44.1% |
| 2018 | 3.7% | +26.0% |
| 2019 | 2.9% | -21.8% |
| 2020 | 1.5% | -47.1% |
| 2021 | 2.4% | +60.5% |
| 2022 | 2.4% | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 2.3% | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 1.7% | -29.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.6% | 4.6% | 4.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 2.9% | 1.9% | 3.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 3.2% | 1.8% | 5.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.1% | 1.5% | 2.4% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Armenia?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Armenia was 1.7% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Armenia?
- The highest recorded value was 5.2% in 2016.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Armenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 2020.
- How does Armenia rank for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median?
- Armenia ranks 111th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median rising or falling in Armenia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 57.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below 40% of the median.