Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st in Armenia

Armenia: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st was 35.1% in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
35.1%
Change on year
up 12.0%
World rank
5th
of 25 countries
All-time high
42.0%
in 2020
All-time low
23.4%
in 2014
Years of data
15
2008–2022

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st in Armenia, 2008–2022

0102030402008201520222008: 27.92009: 26.92010: 30.32011: 242012: 31.42013: 25.72014: 23.42015: 23.72016: 28.22017: 28.22018: 29.62019: 28.62020: 422021: 31.32022: 35.1

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

In 2022, poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st in Armenia stood at 35.1%.

That represents a change of up 12.0% on the previous year and up 11.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st in Armenia peaked at 42.0% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 23.4%, in 2014.

That places Armenia 5th out of 25 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st in Armenia, year by year

Annual values for Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban in Armenia, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 27.9%
2009 26.9% -3.3%
2010 30.3% +12.3%
2011 24.0% -20.7%
2012 31.4% +31.0%
2013 25.7% -18.2%
2014 23.4% -9.0%
2015 23.7% +1.5%
2016 28.2% +18.8%
2017 28.2% +0.0%
2018 29.6% +4.9%
2019 28.6% -3.3%
2020 42.0% +46.6%
2021 31.3% -25.4%
2022 35.1% +12.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 27.4% 26.9% 27.9% 2
2010s 27.3% 23.4% 31.4% 10
2020s 36.1% 31.3% 42.0% 3

Countries ranked near Armenia

  1. 2 Mongolia 45.3% compare
  2. 3 Romania 44.1% compare
  3. 4 Belarus 43.3% compare
  4. 6 Viet Nam 33.1% compare
  5. 7 Georgia 32.7% compare
  6. 8 Argentina 26.9% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st in Armenia?
Poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st in Armenia was 35.1% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st recorded in Armenia?
The highest recorded value was 42.0% in 2020.
What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st recorded in Armenia?
The lowest recorded value was 23.4% in 2014.
How does Armenia rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st?
Armenia ranks 5th out of 25 countries with data for 2022.
Is poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st rising or falling in Armenia?
Over the last ten years it is up 11.5%. 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 (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
25 places, 211 data points, 2004–2022
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