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

Armenia: Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st was 15.1% in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
15.1%
Change on year
up 29.6%
World rank
6th
of 25 countries
All-time high
15.1%
in 2022
All-time low
8.3%
in 2011
Years of data
15
2008–2022

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

0510152008201520222008: 12.72009: 10.22010: 11.92011: 8.32012: 12.42013: 102014: 9.22015: 9.82016: 12.62017: 9.92018: 10.72019: 9.72020: 13.32021: 11.72022: 15.1

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Armenia recorded 15.1% for poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st in 2022. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is up 29.6% on the previous year and up 21.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st in Armenia peaked at 15.1% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 8.3%, in 2011.

That places Armenia 6th 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 Headcount reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st in Armenia, year by year

Annual values for Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban in Armenia, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 12.7%
2009 10.2% -19.4%
2010 11.9% +16.5%
2011 8.3% -30.5%
2012 12.4% +49.7%
2013 10.0% -19.2%
2014 9.2% -8.1%
2015 9.8% +6.6%
2016 12.6% +27.9%
2017 9.9% -21.0%
2018 10.7% +8.2%
2019 9.7% -9.8%
2020 13.3% +37.0%
2021 11.7% -12.1%
2022 15.1% +29.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 11.5% 10.2% 12.7% 2
2010s 10.5% 8.3% 12.6% 10
2020s 13.4% 11.7% 15.1% 3

Countries ranked near Armenia

  1. 3 Romania 22.5% compare
  2. 4 Belarus 19.9% compare
  3. 5 Viet Nam 19.0% compare
  4. 7 Republic of Moldova 14.0% compare
  5. 8 Argentina 11.2% compare
  6. 9 Ukraine 11.2% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st in Armenia?
Poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st in Armenia was 15.1% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st recorded in Armenia?
The highest recorded value was 15.1% in 2022.
What is the lowest poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st recorded in Armenia?
The lowest recorded value was 8.3% in 2011.
How does Armenia rank for poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st?
Armenia ranks 6th out of 25 countries with data for 2022.
Is poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st rising or falling in Armenia?
Over the last ten years it is up 21.9%. 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 Headcount reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Poverty Headcount 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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