Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Armenia

5.7% of people in Armenia lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1996.

Measure: Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1996 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Armenia, 2024 5.7% % of population
Change from 2023 −2.7percentage points 2023: 8.4%
World, 2024 18.2% Official aggregate

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Armenia over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period ArmeniaWorld
2024 5.7% 18.2%
2023 8.4% 19.3%
2022 10.0% 20.5%
2021 8.8% 21.4%
2020 6.7% 22.1%
2019 9.8% –
2018 9.4% 22.3%
2017 8.1% 23.6%
2016 9.6% 24.9%
2015 9.5% 26.3%
2014 11.4% 27.9%
2013 11.4% 29.3%
2012 11.2% 32.0%
2011 13.1% 33.6%
2010 14.1% 35.8%
2009 13.9% 38.1%
2008 9.3% 39.3%
2007 13.7% 40.5%
2006 15.5% 42.2%
2005 19.4% 43.7%
2004 29.0% 45.4%
2003 39.7% 47.2%
2002 43.7% 48.6%
2001 47.3% 49.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −2.7 percentage points from 8.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 11.4%, the figure has changed by −5.7 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 18.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.LMIC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1996 to 2024 for Armenia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform