Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Georgia
Georgia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day was 11.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Georgia, 1996–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Georgia is 11.0%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of down 21.5% on the previous year and down 56.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Georgia peaked at 57.1% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 11.0%, in 2024.
That places Georgia 43rd 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 29 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Georgia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 22.7% | — |
| 1997 | 44.7% | +96.8% |
| 1998 | 43.3% | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 51.2% | +18.2% |
| 2000 | 53.8% | +5.1% |
| 2001 | 57.1% | +6.1% |
| 2002 | 39.7% | -30.5% |
| 2003 | 40.1% | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 37.1% | -7.3% |
| 2005 | 39.2% | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 40.0% | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 42.1% | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 38.1% | -9.6% |
| 2009 | 38.5% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 39.5% | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 37.3% | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 34.1% | -8.6% |
| 2013 | 29.0% | -14.8% |
| 2014 | 25.1% | -13.5% |
| 2015 | 23.8% | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 23.2% | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 23.4% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 22.4% | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 21.9% | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 25.2% | +15.4% |
| 2021 | 22.3% | -11.6% |
| 2022 | 17.8% | -19.9% |
| 2023 | 14.0% | -21.4% |
| 2024 | 11.0% | -21.5% |
Georgia compared with similar countries
- Georgia's 11.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.2%, 2.6× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Georgia's 11.0% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.6%, 18.9× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Georgia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +96.8% | 22.7% | 44.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 40.5% | 22.7% | 51.2% | 4 |
| 2000s | 42.6% | 37.1% | 57.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.0% | 21.9% | 39.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.1% | 11.0% | 25.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Georgia
More reference data data for Georgia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.097 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.684 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0278 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.3252 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.2904 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.69 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 5.28 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1515 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Georgia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Georgia was 11.0% 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 $4.20 a day recorded in Georgia?
- The highest recorded value was 57.1% in 2001.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day recorded in Georgia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.0% in 2024.
- How does Georgia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day?
- Georgia ranks 43rd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day rising or falling in Georgia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Georgia 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 $4.20 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 $4.20 per day.