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

16.9% of people in Tajikistan lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1999.

Measure: Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1999 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Tajikistan, 2024 16.9% % of population
Change from 2023 −1.2percentage points 2023: 18.1%
World, 2024 18.2% Official aggregate

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Tajikistan 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 TajikistanWorld
2024 16.9% 18.2%
2023 18.1% 19.3%
2022 18.9% 20.5%
2021 22.6% 21.4%
2020 – 22.1%
2018 – 22.3%
2017 – 23.6%
2016 – 24.9%
2015 29.8% 26.3%
2014 – 27.9%
2013 – 29.3%
2012 – 32.0%
2011 – 33.6%
2010 – 35.8%
2009 37.1% 38.1%
2008 – 39.3%
2007 48.2% 40.5%
2006 – 42.2%
2005 – 43.7%
2004 59.7% 45.4%
2003 76.2% 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 −1.2 percentage points from 18.1% in 2023.
  • Since 1999, when it was 92.6%, the figure has changed by −75.7 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
1999 to 2024 for Tajikistan
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