Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Kosovo
14.9% of people in Kosovo lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest since 2016.
Kosovo, 2022
14.9%
Change from 2021
−13.5percentage points
World, 2022
20.5%
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 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 | – | 18.2% |
| 2023 | – | 19.3% |
| 2022 | 14.9% | 20.5% |
| 2021 | 28.4% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 21.6% | 22.1% |
| 2019 | 15.7% | – |
| 2018 | 28.1% | 22.3% |
| 2017 | 22.2% | 23.6% |
| 2016 | 8.5% | 24.9% |
| 2015 | 7.6% | 26.3% |
| 2014 | 11.0% | 27.9% |
| 2013 | 8.0% | 29.3% |
| 2012 | 12.4% | 32.0% |
| 2011 | 20.0% | 33.6% |
| 2010 | 26.1% | 35.8% |
| 2009 | 26.0% | 38.1% |
| 2008 | – | 39.3% |
| 2007 | – | 40.5% |
| 2006 | 32.5% | 42.2% |
| 2005 | 32.8% | 43.7% |
| 2004 | – | 45.4% |
| 2003 | 33.5% | 47.2% |
| 2002 | – | 48.6% |
| 2001 | – | 49.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −13.5 percentage points from 28.4% in 2021.
- Since 2012, when it was 12.4%, the figure has changed by +2.5 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 20.5%.
More for Kosovo
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Extreme poverty rate
10.0%
2022 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP)
38.2%
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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