A citizen of Armenia needs the equivalent of more than $1000 a month for ‘a very good life’ – survey
17.11.2016,
16:08
A citizen of Armenia needs the equivalent of more than $1000 a month for a ‘very good life’, according to a National Statistical Service’s report called "Poverty and social panorama of Armenia in 2015", based on a nation-wide survey of 5,184 households.
YEREVAN, November 17. /ARKA/. A citizen of Armenia needs the equivalent of more than $1000 a month for a ‘very good life’, according to a National Statistical Service’s report called "Poverty and social panorama of Armenia in 2015", based on a nation-wide survey of 5,184 households.
Respondents of the survey noted that a person needs 568,369 drams or $1,376 per month for "very good life;" 250,672 drams ($ 603) for "good life", and 95 680 AMD ($ 230) ‘just not to die of hunger.’ The minimum monthly wage in Armenia, according to the latest official statistics, is 55,000 drams, while the median gross wage in September this year was 184,992 drams.
According to the survey, 38.5% of respondents aged 16 years and older believe that the improvement of their living standards does not depend on them, and that the government should provide them with jobs and good conditions, while 20% said that they did not plan to raise the level of their life.
At the same time 12.4% of respondents said they were looking for a profitable job in Armenia, and 1.1% wanted to start their own business in the country.
According to 22.8% of the respondents, the next generation will live better, 33.6% believe that its living standards will worsen, and 19.8% think that the next generation’s life will not change. About 23.8% of the respondents could not answer this question.
According to the report, 15% of Armenian citizens consider themselves poor, another 45.1% think that their living standards are below average, and 36.1% of respondents believe they are average. However, only 3.2% of respondents believe that their standard of living is above the average. None of the respondents identified themselves as belonging to the rich class.
The poverty rate in Armenia in 2015 was 29.8%, by 0.2% less than in 2014, according to official data. The total number of poor people last year stood at 900,000, of whom 310, 000 were very poor and 60,000 extremely poor. Therefore, 19.4% of the population was poor, 8.4% - very poor and 2% - extremely poor. -0-
Respondents of the survey noted that a person needs 568,369 drams or $1,376 per month for "very good life;" 250,672 drams ($ 603) for "good life", and 95 680 AMD ($ 230) ‘just not to die of hunger.’ The minimum monthly wage in Armenia, according to the latest official statistics, is 55,000 drams, while the median gross wage in September this year was 184,992 drams.
According to the survey, 38.5% of respondents aged 16 years and older believe that the improvement of their living standards does not depend on them, and that the government should provide them with jobs and good conditions, while 20% said that they did not plan to raise the level of their life.
At the same time 12.4% of respondents said they were looking for a profitable job in Armenia, and 1.1% wanted to start their own business in the country.
According to 22.8% of the respondents, the next generation will live better, 33.6% believe that its living standards will worsen, and 19.8% think that the next generation’s life will not change. About 23.8% of the respondents could not answer this question.
According to the report, 15% of Armenian citizens consider themselves poor, another 45.1% think that their living standards are below average, and 36.1% of respondents believe they are average. However, only 3.2% of respondents believe that their standard of living is above the average. None of the respondents identified themselves as belonging to the rich class.
The poverty rate in Armenia in 2015 was 29.8%, by 0.2% less than in 2014, according to official data. The total number of poor people last year stood at 900,000, of whom 310, 000 were very poor and 60,000 extremely poor. Therefore, 19.4% of the population was poor, 8.4% - very poor and 2% - extremely poor. -0-
