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

Key figures

Since 2001 it is down 21.7 percentage points from 27.5% in 2001. The World Bank has no value for 11 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2025, Uzbekistan's poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) fell 3.1 percentage points on 2024 (from 8.9% to 5.8%).

Across the 10 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2024), the average change was −1.34 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.15 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.7 percentage points in 2003 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.1 percentage points in 2025. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

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

Closest to Uzbekistan in the 2025 ranking

• Dominican Republic — 5th of 8: 17.3%
• Costa Rica — 6th of 8: 17.1%
• Indonesia — 7th of 8: 8.5%

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 14 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

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Questions people ask

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

5.8% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2001?

It is down 21.7 percentage points from 27.5% in 2001. The highest value was 27.5% in 2001 and the lowest 5.8% in 2025.

Is the latest change in poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) unusual for Uzbekistan?

In 2025, Uzbekistan's poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) fell 3.1 percentage points on 2024 (from 8.9% to 5.8%). Across the 10 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2024), the average change was −1.34 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.15 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

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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