Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Armenia

21.7% of people in Armenia lived below the national poverty line in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2004.

Measure: Poverty rate at national poverty lines Unit: % of population Data: 2004 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Armenia, 2024 21.7% % of population
Change from 2021 −4.8percentage points 2021: 26.5%

Poverty rate at national poverty lines 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 national poverty lines (% of population), 2004 to 2024
Period Armenia
2024 21.7%
2021 26.5%
2020 27.0%
2019 26.4%
2018 23.5%
2017 25.7%
2016 29.4%
2015 29.8%
2014 30.0%
2013 32.0%
2012 32.4%
2011 35.0%
2010 35.8%
2009 34.1%
2008 27.6%
2007 26.4%
2006 30.2%
2005 40.1%
2004 53.5%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 26.5% in 2021, a change of −4.8 percentage points.
  • Since 2012, when it was 32.4%, the figure has changed by −10.7 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.NAHC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2004 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, from national sources