Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Armenia
Armenia: Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median was 12.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% 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
Armenia recorded 12.3% for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 24.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Armenia peaked at 20.3% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 9.8%, in 2020.
That places Armenia 109th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 60% of the median in Armenia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 16.0% | — |
| 2001 | 15.9% | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 14.3% | -9.8% |
| 2003 | 13.3% | -7.0% |
| 2004 | 14.4% | +8.5% |
| 2005 | 13.2% | -8.1% |
| 2006 | 13.9% | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 15.9% | +14.3% |
| 2008 | 12.9% | -18.7% |
| 2009 | 12.8% | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 12.5% | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 13.6% | +9.2% |
| 2012 | 13.5% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 15.1% | +12.0% |
| 2014 | 16.3% | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 16.3% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 20.3% | +24.8% |
| 2017 | 13.6% | -32.9% |
| 2018 | 13.9% | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 13.7% | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 9.8% | -27.9% |
| 2021 | 12.8% | +30.2% |
| 2022 | 14.3% | +11.9% |
| 2023 | 12.3% | -14.3% |
| 2024 | 12.3% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.0% | 16.0% | 16.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 14.1% | 12.8% | 15.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 14.9% | 12.5% | 20.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.3% | 9.8% | 14.3% | 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 60% of the median in Armenia?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Armenia was 12.3% 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 60% of the median recorded in Armenia?
- The highest recorded value was 20.3% in 2016.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median recorded in Armenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.8% in 2020.
- How does Armenia rank for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median?
- Armenia ranks 109th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median rising or falling in Armenia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.3%. 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 60% 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 60% of the median.