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

24.4% of people in Mongolia lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1995.

Measure: Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1995 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Mongolia, 2022 24.4% % of population
Change from 2018 −16.8percentage points 2018: 41.2%
World, 2022 48.3% Official aggregate

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Mongolia 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 MongoliaWorld
2024 – 46.2%
2023 – 47.1%
2022 24.4% 48.3%
2021 – 48.7%
2020 – 50.4%
2018 41.2% 50.4%
2017 – 51.5%
2016 44.8% 52.4%
2015 – 53.5%
2014 30.6% 54.7%
2013 – 55.8%
2012 36.7% 57.5%
2011 46.6% 58.8%
2010 51.6% 60.2%
2009 – 61.7%
2008 – 62.5%
2007 53.2% 63.6%
2006 – 65.0%
2005 – 66.2%
2004 – 67.4%
2003 – 68.7%
2002 78.4% 69.3%
2001 – 70.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 41.2% in 2018, a change of −16.8 percentage points.
  • Since 1995, when it was 81.1%, the figure has changed by −56.7 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 48.3%.

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
1995 to 2022 for Mongolia
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