Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day in Armenia
Armenia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day was 64.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day in Armenia, 1999–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Armenia recorded 64.8% for poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in 2024.
The figure is down 10.2% on the previous year and down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Armenia peaked at 90.7% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 58.5%, in 2016.
That places Armenia 39th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day in Armenia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 90.0% | — |
| 2001 | 90.2% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 89.8% | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 90.7% | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 84.1% | -7.2% |
| 2005 | 80.4% | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 78.8% | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 72.3% | -8.2% |
| 2008 | 69.4% | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 77.2% | +11.3% |
| 2010 | 77.9% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 75.0% | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 73.9% | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 70.7% | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 70.0% | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 65.1% | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 58.5% | -10.2% |
| 2017 | 67.1% | +14.8% |
| 2018 | 67.5% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 71.7% | +6.3% |
| 2020 | 74.3% | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 72.6% | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 71.7% | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 72.2% | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 64.8% | -10.2% |
Armenia compared with similar countries
- Armenia's 64.8% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 31.3%, 2.1× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Armenia's 64.8% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4.0%, 16.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 90.0% | 90.0% | 90.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 81.4% | 69.4% | 90.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 69.7% | 58.5% | 77.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.1% | 64.8% | 74.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Armenia
More reference data data for Armenia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0385 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.3778 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.7338 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0232 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.7338 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.129 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1012 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 3.57 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1265 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Armenia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Armenia was 64.8% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day recorded in Armenia?
- The highest recorded value was 90.7% in 2003.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day recorded in Armenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.5% in 2016.
- How does Armenia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day?
- Armenia ranks 39th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day rising or falling in Armenia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Armenia data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $10 per day.