Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Armenia

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Armenia in 2024 — 47.4%. Ranked 18 in the world out of 25. Since 1996, the indicator has fallen by 24.8 pp.

2024 47.4% −9.5 pp vs 2023
World rank 18of 25
Period maximum 85.5%2001
Period minimum 45.9%2016

Trend over time

1996–2024 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Armenia, 1996–202440506070809019961999200220052008201120142017202020231996: 72.2%1999: 84.4%2001: 85.5%2002: 84.6%2003: 84.9%2004: 76.2%2005: 70.7%2006: 66.8%2007: 59.7%2008: 56.3%2009: 65%2010: 66%2011: 63%2012: 59.6%2013: 57.4%2014: 55.2%2015: 50.7%2016: 45.9%2017: 52.7%2018: 52.8%2019: 57.1%2020: 58.2%2021: 57%2022: 55.7%2023: 56.9%2024: 47.4%
Change over the period: −24.8 pp Annual average: -0.89 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Armenia

Armenia 47.4%
World 46.1%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Armenia, by year Armenia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 47.4 −9.5 pp
2023 56.9 +1.2 pp
2022 55.7 −1.3 pp
2021 57 −1.2 pp
2020 58.2 +1.1 pp
2019 57.1 +4.3 pp
2018 52.8 +0.1 pp
2017 52.7 +6.8 pp
2016 45.9 −4.8 pp
2015 50.7 −4.5 pp
2014 55.2 −2.2 pp
2013 57.4 −2.2 pp
2012 59.6 −3.4 pp
2011 63 −3 pp
2010 66 +1 pp
2009 65 +8.7 pp
2008 56.3 −3.4 pp
2007 59.7 −7.1 pp
2006 66.8 −3.9 pp
2005 70.7 −5.5 pp
2004 76.2 −8.7 pp
2003 84.9 +0.3 pp
2002 84.6 −0.9 pp
2001 85.5
1999 84.4
1996 72.2

Western Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

GE Georgia 45.6 AM Armenia 47.4

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $6.85 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity — the highest of the three international lines of the World Bank. It is this line that shows how much more modest the fall in world poverty looks than the extreme line suggests: nearly half the population of the planet lives below this level, and over recent decades that share has been falling more slowly than the share of the destitute.

Important: It matches the typical national poverty lines of upper-middle-income countries. For rich countries even this line is low — there poverty is measured relative to median income rather than by an absolute amount.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.