Kyrgyzstan: Poverty at 1.90 USD per day

The latest value from 2023 is 2.7 percent, a decline from 4.5 percent in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 2.93 percent, based on data from 53 countries. Historically, the average for Kyrgyzstan from 1998 to 2023 is 21.69 percent. The minimum value, 2.7 percent, was reached in 2023 while the maximum of 66.2 percent was recorded in 2000. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $2.15 a day at 2017 purchasing power adjusted prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.