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

0.3% of people in Kazakhstan lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2021. The value for 2021 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1993.

Measure: Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1993 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Kazakhstan, 2021 0.3% % of population
Change from 2020 −0.1percentage points 2020: 0.4%
World, 2021 21.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2021 64th of 81 See the full ranking

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Kazakhstan 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 KazakhstanWorld
2024 – 18.2%
2023 – 19.3%
2022 – 20.5%
2021 0.3% 21.4%
2020 0.4% 22.1%
2019 0.5% –
2018 0.5% 22.3%
2017 0.8% 23.6%
2016 1.3% 24.9%
2015 0.7% 26.3%
2014 0.5% 27.9%
2013 0.5% 29.3%
2012 1.0% 32.0%
2011 1.1% 33.6%
2010 3.0% 35.8%
2009 4.2% 38.1%
2008 3.5% 39.3%
2007 4.6% 40.5%
2006 9.0% 42.2%
2005 29.1% 43.7%
2004 22.3% 45.4%
2003 28.7% 47.2%
2002 34.2% 48.6%
2001 38.3% 49.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 0.4% in 2020.
  • Since 2011, when it was 1.1%, the figure has changed by −0.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 81 countries with data for 2021, Kazakhstan has the 64th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2021 was 21.4%.

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
1993 to 2021 for Kazakhstan
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