Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Armenia

47.4% of people in Armenia lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2016.

Measure: Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1996 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Armenia, 2024 47.4% % of population
Change from 2023 −9.5percentage points 2023: 56.9%
World, 2024 46.2% Official aggregate

Poverty rate at $8.30 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 $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period ArmeniaWorld
2024 47.4% 46.2%
2023 56.9% 47.1%
2022 55.7% 48.3%
2021 57.0% 48.7%
2020 58.2% 50.4%
2019 57.1% –
2018 52.8% 50.4%
2017 52.7% 51.5%
2016 45.9% 52.4%
2015 50.7% 53.5%
2014 55.2% 54.7%
2013 57.4% 55.8%
2012 59.6% 57.5%
2011 63.0% 58.8%
2010 66.0% 60.2%
2009 65.0% 61.7%
2008 56.3% 62.5%
2007 59.7% 63.6%
2006 66.8% 65.0%
2005 70.7% 66.2%
2004 76.2% 67.4%
2003 84.9% 68.7%
2002 84.6% 69.3%
2001 85.5% 70.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −9.5 percentage points from 56.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 55.2%, the figure has changed by −7.8 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 46.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.UMIC · 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