Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day was 65.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 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 65.2% for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.6% on the previous year and down 22.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Kyrgyzstan peaked at 97.7% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 65.2%, in 2024.
That places Kyrgyzstan 31st out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 $8.30 a day in Kyrgyzstan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 97.6% | — |
| 2001 | 97.7% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 97.5% | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 97.1% | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 86.8% | -10.6% |
| 2005 | 91.2% | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 81.9% | -10.2% |
| 2007 | 84.2% | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 80.6% | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 80.1% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 82.5% | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 83.5% | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 85.2% | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 85.1% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 84.1% | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 85.1% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 83.7% | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 83.5% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 80.3% | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 78.9% | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 81.3% | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 76.9% | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 76.8% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 72.1% | -6.1% |
| 2024 | 65.2% | -9.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 89.5% | 80.1% | 97.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 83.2% | 78.9% | 85.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.4% | 65.2% | 81.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kyrgyzstan
- 28 Bangladesh 71.5% compare
- 29 Mauritania 71.2% compare
- 30 Laos 70.3% compare
- 32 Indonesia 65.2% compare
- 33 Botswana 63.2% compare
- 34 South Africa 59.6% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Kyrgyzstan
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Kyrgyzstan?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Kyrgyzstan was 65.2% 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 Kyrgyzstan?
- The highest recorded value was 97.7% in 2001.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day recorded in Kyrgyzstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.2% in 2024.
- How does Kyrgyzstan rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day?
- Kyrgyzstan ranks 31st 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 Kyrgyzstan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.5%. 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 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.