Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Armenia
Armenia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day was 47.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Armenia is 47.4%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.7% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Armenia peaked at 85.5% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 45.9%, in 2016.
Armenia ranks 41st of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Armenia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 84.4% | — |
| 2001 | 85.5% | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 84.6% | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 84.9% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 76.2% | -10.3% |
| 2005 | 70.7% | -7.1% |
| 2006 | 66.8% | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 59.7% | -10.6% |
| 2008 | 56.3% | -5.8% |
| 2009 | 65.0% | +15.5% |
| 2010 | 66.0% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 63.0% | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 59.6% | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 57.4% | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 55.2% | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 50.7% | -8.2% |
| 2016 | 45.9% | -9.5% |
| 2017 | 52.7% | +15.0% |
| 2018 | 52.8% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 57.1% | +8.2% |
| 2020 | 58.2% | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 57.0% | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 55.7% | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 56.9% | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 47.4% | -16.7% |
Armenia compared with similar countries
- Armenia's 47.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21.4%, 2.2× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Armenia's 47.4% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2.6%, 17.9× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 84.4% | 84.4% | 84.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 72.2% | 56.3% | 85.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 56.0% | 45.9% | 66.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.0% | 47.4% | 58.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Armenia
More poverty & inequality data for Armenia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Armenia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Armenia was 47.4% in 2024, 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 $8.30 a day recorded in Armenia?
- The highest recorded value was 85.5% in 2001.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day recorded in Armenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.9% in 2016.
- How does Armenia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day?
- Armenia ranks 41st out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day rising or falling in Armenia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 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 $8.30 per day.