Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median was 11.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Kyrgyzstan, 2000–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Kyrgyzstan recorded 11.5% for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Kyrgyzstan peaked at 18.3% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 9.3%, in 2016.
Kyrgyzstan 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 60% of the median in Kyrgyzstan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 14.0% | — |
| 2001 | 13.8% | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 14.2% | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 12.0% | -15.3% |
| 2004 | 16.9% | +40.7% |
| 2005 | 14.7% | -13.4% |
| 2006 | 18.3% | +25.2% |
| 2007 | 18.0% | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 15.9% | -11.5% |
| 2009 | 12.5% | -21.4% |
| 2010 | 13.8% | +9.8% |
| 2011 | 11.7% | -14.9% |
| 2012 | 11.0% | -5.9% |
| 2013 | 12.3% | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 9.6% | -21.7% |
| 2015 | 10.7% | +12.0% |
| 2016 | 9.3% | -13.0% |
| 2017 | 9.8% | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 9.7% | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 9.7% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 12.2% | +25.6% |
| 2021 | 10.9% | -10.7% |
| 2022 | 10.8% | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 11.1% | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 11.5% | +4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.0% | 12.0% | 18.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.8% | 9.3% | 13.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.3% | 10.8% | 12.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kyrgyzstan
More poverty & inequality data for Kyrgyzstan
- 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 2.8 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,799 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -13.87 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 25.85 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 25.9% (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 60% of the median in Kyrgyzstan?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Kyrgyzstan was 11.5% 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 Kyrgyzstan?
- The highest recorded value was 18.3% in 2006.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median recorded in Kyrgyzstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.3% in 2016.
- How does Kyrgyzstan rank for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median?
- Kyrgyzstan ranks 111th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median rising or falling in Kyrgyzstan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kyrgyzstan 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.