Georgia: Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Georgia's poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) fell 2.4 percentage points on 2023 (from 11.8% to 9.4%).

Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2005 to 2023), the average change was −1.18 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.28 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.4 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.1 percentage points in 2012. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1.33 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 80% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 8.59% for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 2%, against 5.23% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2024, Georgia had the 7th highest value of the 10 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Georgia in the 2024 ranking

• Bulgaria — 4th of 10: 21.2%
• Romania — 5th of 10: 18.4%
• Türkiye — 6th of 10: 13%
• Jamaica — 8th of 10: 7.8%
• Russian Federation — 9th of 10: 7.2%
• Belarus — 10th of 10: 3.5%

What this measures

National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a population-weighted average.

All 21 values

Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) in nearby economies

• Albania — 19.7% (2022)
• Armenia — 21.7% (2024)
• Austria — 14.8% (2021)
• Belarus — 3.5% (2024)
• Bulgaria — 21.2% (2024)
• Cyprus — 13.9% (2021)
• Czechia — 10.2% (2021)
• Estonia — 22.5% (2022)
• Finland

More poverty data for Georgia

• Income share held by second 20% — 12.2% (2024)
• Income share held by third 20% — 16.5% (2024)
• Income share held by fourth 20% — 22.5% (2024)
• Income share held by highest 20% — 41.5% (2024)
• Income share held by highest 10% — 26.2% (2024)
• Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income (%) — 12.3% (2024)
• Income share held by lowest 10% — 2.9% (2024)
• Income share held by lowest 20% — 7.3% (2024)
• Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population) — 4.2% (2024)
• Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (%)

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Questions people ask

What is Georgia's poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)?

9.4% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2004?

It is down 24.9 percentage points from 34.3% in 2004. The highest value was 38.8% in 2007 and the lowest 9.4% in 2024.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SI.POV.NAHC, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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