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

12.5% of people in Kyrgyzstan lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1998.

Measure: Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1998 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Kyrgyzstan, 2024 12.5% % of population
Change from 2023 −3.9percentage points 2023: 16.4%
World, 2024 18.2% Official aggregate

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Kyrgyzstan 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 KyrgyzstanWorld
2024 12.5% 18.2%
2023 16.4% 19.3%
2022 22.1% 20.5%
2021 23.3% 21.4%
2020 31.8% 22.1%
2019 23.2% –
2018 26.0% 22.3%
2017 30.5% 23.6%
2016 29.9% 24.9%
2015 34.6% 26.3%
2014 30.8% 27.9%
2013 37.2% 29.3%
2012 32.5% 32.0%
2011 31.9% 33.6%
2010 32.9% 35.8%
2009 31.3% 38.1%
2008 34.4% 39.3%
2007 45.8% 40.5%
2006 47.5% 42.2%
2005 61.3% 43.7%
2004 54.2% 45.4%
2003 76.4% 47.2%
2002 79.1% 48.6%
2001 79.9% 49.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −3.9 percentage points from 16.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 30.8%, the figure has changed by −18.3 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 18.2%.

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
1998 to 2024 for Kyrgyzstan
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