Extreme poverty rate in Kosovo
10.0% of people in Kosovo lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest since 2016.
Kosovo, 2022
10.0%
Change from 2021
−15.0percentage points
World, 2022
10.9%
Extreme poverty rate in Kosovo over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Kosovo | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 10.1% |
| 2023 | – | 10.5% |
| 2022 | 10.0% | 10.9% |
| 2021 | 25.0% | 11.3% |
| 2020 | 16.8% | 11.4% |
| 2019 | 11.3% | – |
| 2018 | 20.7% | 11.1% |
| 2017 | 15.2% | 11.8% |
| 2016 | 2.0% | 12.6% |
| 2015 | 2.4% | 13.4% |
| 2014 | 3.3% | 14.5% |
| 2013 | 2.2% | 15.5% |
| 2012 | 3.9% | 17.8% |
| 2011 | 6.6% | 19.1% |
| 2010 | 10.6% | 21.0% |
| 2009 | 10.5% | 23.1% |
| 2008 | – | 24.1% |
| 2007 | – | 25.3% |
| 2006 | 13.5% | 27.0% |
| 2005 | 14.3% | 28.3% |
| 2004 | – | 30.3% |
| 2003 | 11.7% | 32.2% |
| 2002 | – | 33.7% |
| 2001 | – | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −15.0 percentage points from 25.0% in 2021.
- Since 2012, when it was 3.9%, the figure has changed by +6.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 10.9%.
More for Kosovo
All statistics for Kosovo
Poverty rate at national poverty lines
17.6%
2015 · World Bank
At-risk-of-poverty rate
30.9%
2019 · Eurostat
Income inequality (Gini)
46.6 (0 to 100)
2018 · Eurostat
Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
15.58 times
2018 · Eurostat
Gini index
38.3 (0 to 100)
2022 · World Bank
Income share held by the richest 10%
25.1%
2022 · World Bank