Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Tajikistan
Tajikistan: Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median was 13.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Tajikistan, 1999–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Tajikistan stood at 13.4%.
That represents a change of down 4.8% on the previous year and up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Tajikistan peaked at 14.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 9.2%, in 2009.
Tajikistan ranks 41st of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Tajikistan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 9.5% | — |
| 2003 | 10.1% | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 10.7% | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 11.0% | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 9.2% | -15.8% |
| 2015 | 11.7% | +27.2% |
| 2021 | 12.1% | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 13.0% | +7.7% |
| 2023 | 14.0% | +7.7% |
| 2024 | 13.4% | -4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.5% | 9.5% | 9.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 10.2% | 9.2% | 11.0% | 4 |
| 2010s | 11.7% | 11.7% | 11.7% | 1 |
| 2020s | 13.1% | 12.1% | 14.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tajikistan
More poverty & inequality data for Tajikistan
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 4 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 3.07 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,124 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 10.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 19.74 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 19.7% (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Tajikistan?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Tajikistan was 13.4% 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 50% of the median recorded in Tajikistan?
- The highest recorded value was 14.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median recorded in Tajikistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.2% in 2009.
- How does Tajikistan rank for relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median?
- Tajikistan ranks 41st out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median rising or falling in Tajikistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tajikistan 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 50% 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 50% of the median.