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

15.2% of people in Kazakhstan lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2021. The value for 2021 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1993.

Measure: Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1993 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Kazakhstan, 2021 15.2% % of population
Change from 2020 −3.4percentage points 2020: 18.6%
World, 2021 48.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2021 39th of 81 See the full ranking

Poverty rate at $8.30 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 $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period KazakhstanWorld
2024 – 46.2%
2023 – 47.1%
2022 – 48.3%
2021 15.2% 48.7%
2020 18.6% 50.4%
2019 19.3% –
2018 18.8% 50.4%
2017 23.6% 51.5%
2016 29.1% 52.4%
2015 22.2% 53.5%
2014 19.3% 54.7%
2013 18.0% 55.8%
2012 23.6% 57.5%
2011 23.9% 58.8%
2010 37.5% 60.2%
2009 43.1% 61.7%
2008 42.3% 62.5%
2007 43.3% 63.6%
2006 55.7% 65.0%
2005 64.7% 66.2%
2004 68.3% 67.4%
2003 71.0% 68.7%
2002 75.6% 69.3%
2001 77.4% 70.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −3.4 percentage points from 18.6% in 2020.
  • Since 2011, when it was 23.9%, the figure has changed by −8.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 81 countries with data for 2021, Kazakhstan has the 39th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2021 was 48.7%.

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
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