Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st in Armenia

Armenia: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st was 81.0% in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
81.0%
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
8th
of 36 countries
All-time high
83.6%
in 2020
All-time low
71.2%
in 2016
Years of data
15
2008–2022

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st in Armenia, 2008–2022

0204060802008201520222008: 722009: 75.42010: 75.22011: 74.62012: 77.12013: 73.52014: 73.72015: 74.92016: 71.22017: 79.72018: 78.62019: 772020: 83.62021: 80.22022: 81

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

In 2022, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st in Armenia stood at 81.0%.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st in Armenia peaked at 83.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 71.2%, in 2016.

Armenia ranks 8th of 36 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st in Armenia, year by year

Annual values for Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban in Armenia, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 72.0%
2009 75.4% +4.7%
2010 75.2% -0.2%
2011 74.6% -0.8%
2012 77.1% +3.3%
2013 73.5% -4.7%
2014 73.7% +0.4%
2015 74.9% +1.6%
2016 71.2% -5.0%
2017 79.7% +12.0%
2018 78.6% -1.5%
2019 77.0% -2.0%
2020 83.6% +8.5%
2021 80.2% -4.0%
2022 81.0% +0.9%

Armenia compared with similar countries

  • Armenia's 81.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 49.9%, 1.6× the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Armenia's 81.0% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 82.1%, 99% of the median. (12 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 73.7% 72.0% 75.4% 2
2010s 75.5% 71.2% 79.7% 10
2020s 81.6% 80.2% 83.6% 3

Countries ranked near Armenia

  1. 5 Kazakhstan 82.7% compare
  2. 6 Serbia 82.4% compare
  3. 7 Ukraine 81.8% compare
  4. 9 Mongolia 79.1% compare
  5. 10 Kyrgyzstan 78.1% compare
  6. 11 Georgia 75.4% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st in Armenia?
Poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st in Armenia was 81.0% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st recorded in Armenia?
The highest recorded value was 83.6% in 2020.
What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st recorded in Armenia?
The lowest recorded value was 71.2% in 2016.
How does Armenia rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st?
Armenia ranks 8th out of 36 countries with data for 2022.
Is poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st rising or falling in Armenia?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Armenia data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
36 places, 367 data points, 2002–2023
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