Poverty level in Armenia in 2014 was 2.2 percentage points down from 2013, NSS
23.11.2015,
16:52
Poverty level in Armenia in 2014 dropped by 2 percentage points from 2013 to 30%, Diana Martirosyan, the head of a department at the National Statistical Service (NSS) surveying households, said today when presenting the findings of a study on living conditions of Armenian households in 2014.
YEREVAN, November 23. /ARKA/. Poverty level in Armenia in 2014 dropped by 2 percentage points from 2013 to 30%, Diana Martirosyan, the head of a department at the National Statistical Service (NSS) surveying households, said today when presenting the findings of a study on living conditions of Armenian households in 2014.
She said the study conducted by the NSS in 2014, revealed that three out of 10 citizens were below the poverty line with a monthly income below 40.264 drams. She said the overall number of poor in 2014 stood at 900,000 people, of whom 330,000 were very poor and 70,000 extremely poor.
The poverty level in rural communities was 29.9%, while in urban communities it was 30%. Only in the capital city Yerevan the poverty rate was 25.2%.
"In 2008-2014 poverty rate growth in urban and rural communities was equal. The poverty rate in the capital was 1.4 times lower than in other cities," she added. She also noted that the extreme poverty rate in 2014 exceeded the same indicator of 2008 by 0.7 percentage points and the general poverty level by 2.4 percentage points
At the same time, she said, only 17% of respondents identified themselves as poor. The National Statistical Service study embraced 5,184 households across the country.
The report "Poverty and Social Panorama of Armenia," prepared by the NSS with the support of the World Bank is meant to assess the social situation and changes in the level of life in Armenia in 2008-2014 -0-
She said the study conducted by the NSS in 2014, revealed that three out of 10 citizens were below the poverty line with a monthly income below 40.264 drams. She said the overall number of poor in 2014 stood at 900,000 people, of whom 330,000 were very poor and 70,000 extremely poor.
The poverty level in rural communities was 29.9%, while in urban communities it was 30%. Only in the capital city Yerevan the poverty rate was 25.2%.
"In 2008-2014 poverty rate growth in urban and rural communities was equal. The poverty rate in the capital was 1.4 times lower than in other cities," she added. She also noted that the extreme poverty rate in 2014 exceeded the same indicator of 2008 by 0.7 percentage points and the general poverty level by 2.4 percentage points
At the same time, she said, only 17% of respondents identified themselves as poor. The National Statistical Service study embraced 5,184 households across the country.
The report "Poverty and Social Panorama of Armenia," prepared by the NSS with the support of the World Bank is meant to assess the social situation and changes in the level of life in Armenia in 2008-2014 -0-
