Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Kazakhstan

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Kazakhstan in 2021 — 15.2%. Ranked 43 in the world out of 81. Since 1993, the indicator has fallen by 58.8 pp.

2021 15.2% −3.4 pp vs 2020
World rank 43of 81
Period maximum 77.4%2001
Period minimum 15.2%2021

Trend over time

1993–2021 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Kazakhstan, 1993–202102040608019931996199920022005200820112014201720201993: 74%1996: 69.5%2001: 77.4%2002: 75.6%2003: 71%2004: 68.3%2005: 64.7%2006: 55.7%2007: 43.3%2008: 42.3%2009: 43.1%2010: 37.5%2011: 23.9%2012: 23.6%2013: 18%2014: 19.3%2015: 22.2%2016: 29.1%2017: 23.6%2018: 18.8%2019: 19.3%2020: 18.6%2021: 15.2%
Change over the period: −58.8 pp Annual average: -2.1 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Kazakhstan 15.2%
World 48.7%
Central Asia computed 39.24%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Kazakhstan, by year Kazakhstan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 15.2 −3.4 pp
2020 18.6 −0.7 pp
2019 19.3 +0.5 pp
2018 18.8 −4.8 pp
2017 23.6 −5.5 pp
2016 29.1 +6.9 pp
2015 22.2 +2.9 pp
2014 19.3 +1.3 pp
2013 18 −5.6 pp
2012 23.6 −0.3 pp
2011 23.9 −13.6 pp
2010 37.5 −5.6 pp
2009 43.1 +0.8 pp
2008 42.3 −1 pp
2007 43.3 −12.4 pp
2006 55.7 −9 pp
2005 64.7 −3.6 pp
2004 68.3 −2.7 pp
2003 71 −4.6 pp
2002 75.6 −1.8 pp
2001 77.4
1996 69.5
1993 74

Central Asia, 2021

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

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.