Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day was 31.3% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day in Kazakhstan, 1993–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Kazakhstan stood at 31.3%. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.0% on the previous year and down 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Kazakhstan peaked at 85.4% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 31.3%, in 2021.
Kazakhstan ranks 58th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 80.9% | 78.8% | 83.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 71.8% | 57.9% | 85.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 39.1% | 32.6% | 53.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.1% | 31.3% | 34.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Kazakhstan
More reference data data for Kazakhstan
- Spring temperature anomalies 3.02 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 1.71 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.4141 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.4005 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 2.4 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 348.12 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Kazakhstan?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Kazakhstan was 31.3% in 2021, 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 Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 85.4% in 2001.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.3% in 2021.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day?
- Kazakhstan ranks 58th out of 120 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kazakhstan 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 23 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $10 per day.