Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Mongolia
Mongolia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day was 24.4% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Mongolia, 1995–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 24.4% for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 33.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Mongolia peaked at 94.8% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 24.4%, in 2022.
Mongolia ranks 53rd of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 81.1% | — |
| 1998 | 94.8% | +16.9% |
| 2002 | 78.4% | -17.3% |
| 2007 | 53.2% | -32.1% |
| 2010 | 51.6% | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 46.6% | -9.7% |
| 2012 | 36.7% | -21.1% |
| 2014 | 30.6% | -16.7% |
| 2016 | 44.8% | +46.3% |
| 2018 | 41.2% | -8.1% |
| 2022 | 24.4% | -40.7% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 24.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21.4%, 1.1× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 24.4% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 21.3%, 1.1× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 88.0% | 81.1% | 94.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 65.8% | 53.2% | 78.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 41.9% | 30.6% | 51.6% | 6 |
| 2020s | 24.4% | 24.4% | 24.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More poverty & inequality data for Mongolia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 3 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.69 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,296 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 16.38 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 31.3 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 31.3% (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 Mongolia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Mongolia was 24.4% in 2022, 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 94.8% in 1998.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.4% in 2022.
- How does Mongolia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day?
- Mongolia ranks 53rd out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.