INEQUALITY INDICES, 2001-2012
Source: ECATSD using ECAPOV.
POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATIO, 2001-2012
Source: ECATSD using ECAPOV.
TRENDS
DEMOGRAPHICS
ARMENIA
LIVING ABOVE US$ 5.00
LIVING BETWEEN US$ 2.50- 5.00
GINI THEIL
GROWTH DISTRIBUTION
CONTRIBUTORS
LIVING BELOW US$ 2.50
Women Men
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, 2000-2013
Source: ARM Stat. Note: 2000 =100.
SURVEY DATA
GENERAL FOOD UTILITIES
INCOME/CONSUMPTION GROWTH PER CAPITA BY QUINTILE, 2007-2012
Source: ECATSD using ECAPOV. SHARE (FINAL) GROWTH
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)1 8,417 (2012)
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)1 3,720 (2012)
Rural population (% of total population)1 36 (2012)National strategy for statistical development
P OVERTY
Population living below national line (%)1 32.40 (2012)
Population living below US$ 1.25 (%)2 1.72 (2012)
Population living below US$ 2.5 (%)2 30.08 (2012)
Population living below US$ 5.00 (%)2 79.64 (2012)
Population living above US$ 10.00 (%)2 2.54 (2012)
Population living in multidimensional poverty (%)3 0.30 (2010)
I NEQUAL I TY
Gini index2 0.30 (2012)
Theil index2 0.17 (2012)
SHARED P ROSP ERI TY
Welfare definitionPeriod of analysis
Income/consumption growth of bottom 402
Income/consumption growth total population2
Income/consumption growth of top 602
GDP growth1
Growth of private consumption1
6.39%3.29%
1.65%
2013-2015
Consumption2007-2012
1.44%1.61%
Sources: 1 WDI. 2 ECATSD using ECAPOV. 3 UNDP.
Value Global
Global
Conditional ECA
ECA
Conditional Years
Poverty change
(US$ 2.50)*1-0.86% 58 11 64 18
2007-
2012
Income/
consumption growth
of the bottom 40%**1
1.44% 27 65 39 852007-
2012
UNDP Human
Development Index2 0.729 87/186 - 23/29 - 2012
*Annualized. Benchmarking numbers present percent ile perf ormance among indicat ed dist r ibut ion group.
“Condit ional” ref ers t o perf ormance when cont rolling f or povert y in t he init ial period, GDP per capit a, f ragilit y
index, landlocked count ry, count ry growt h rat e, global growt h rat e, and f requency of povert y dat a.
**Annualized. Benchmarking numbers present percent ile perf ormance among indicat ed dist r ibut ion group.
“Condit ional” ref ers t o percent ile perf ormance when cont rolling f or t ype of welf are measure, GNI per capit a
2012,Gini in f irst period, povert y head count in f irst period, and count ry growt h rat e.
PERFORMANCE
Sources: 1 ECATSD using ECAPOV. Azevedo and Nguyen (2014). 2 UNDP (2013).
0.30 0.20 0.10 0.00 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40
0-14
15-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65-older
POPULATION BY AGE AND POVERTY STATUS, 2012 (MILLIONS)Source: ECATSD using ECAPOV.
US$ 2.50
US$ 5.00
0
20
40
60
80
100
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
0.00
0.05
0.10
0.15
0.20
0.25
0.30
0.35
0.40
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
0
50
100
150
200
250
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
1.5%
2.0%
2.5%
1 (poorest) 2 3 4 5 (richest)
Shar
e
Gro
wth
% CONTRIBUTION TO POVERTY REDUCTION, (US$ 2.50), 2007-2012
Source: ECATSD using ECAPOV.
-60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
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Poverty and inequality statistics in Armenia are produced by the national statistics office based on the annual Integrated Living
Conditions Survey. Official poverty estimates are based on the "Cost of Basic Needs" approach which determines three different
poverty lines: (1) the food poverty line which uses the minimum required level of calories; (2) the lower poverty line which refers to the "Consumption Basket
Method;" and (3) the upper poverty line which makes use of the "Food Expenditure Method." In 2012, the most recent year of published figures, the three different poverty
headcount rates were 2.8, 13.5 and 32.4%, respectively (exploring a consumption aggregate which is corrected using an adult equivalence scale).* The 2013-2015 "Three Year
State Statistical Programme" is currently implemented as the most recent national strategy for statistical development in Armenia. The most recent Integrated Living Conditions
Survey available for Armenia in the World Bank's regional internal microdata catalog, the ECA Data Portal, is for the year 2012.
NATIONAL DATA
*Source: "Social Snapshot and Poverty in Armenia 2013" published annually by the NSO in Armenia.
Tot al P oor Non-P oor P oor Non-P oor Bot t om 4 0 % Top 6 0 % YearD em ograph ic sShare of total population (%) 100% 30% 70% 80% 20% 40% 60% 2012% of group living in rural areas 37% 37% 36% 39% 26% 39% 35% 2012% of group living in urban areas 63% 63% 64% 61% 74% 61% 65% 2012% of households with 4+ members 58% 76% 52% 65% 39% 72% 51% 2012Dependency Ratio: Children (0-14)/all HH members 0.26 0.33 0.23 0.28 0.16 0.31 0.22 2012Dependency Ratio: Elderly 65+/all HH members 0.18 0.17 0.19 0.19 0.16 0.18 0.18 2012Share of households with Female Head (%) 32% 31% 32% 32% 34% 31% 33% 2012Average HH size 3.92 4.75 3.65 4.22 3.08 4.57 3.59 2012
Educ at ionProportion of group with None/<Primary (%) 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 2012Proportion of group with Basic (%) 2% 2% 2% 2% 1% 2% 2% 2012Proportion of group with Gen sec (%) 53% 62% 50% 57% 39% 62% 48% 2012Proportion of group with Spec sec (%) 24% 23% 24% 24% 25% 23% 24% 2012Proportion of group with Tertiary sec (%) 21% 12% 24% 17% 34% 12% 26% 2012
Ac c ess t o Ec onom ic Opp ort un it iesLabor force participation rate (% of population aged 15-64) 64% 58% 66% 63% 67% 59% 67% 2012Unemployment (% of population aged 15-64) 15% 22% 13% 16% 12% 20% 12% 2012Self-employed (% of population aged 15-64) 40% 46% 39% 44% 28% 48% 37% 2012
I nc om eShare of income from pensions (%) 28% 29% 28% 30% 23% 31% 27% 2012Share of income from labor (%) 47% 40% 50% 44% 58% 39% 52% 2012
Ac c ess t o Basic Serv ic esCentral heating (% of HHs)Access to gas (% of HHs) 84% 84% 84% 84% 85% 83% 84% 2012Access to piped water in house (% of HHs) 87% 86% 88% 86% 93% 86% 89% 2012Access to sewerage in house (% of HHs) 64% 66% 64% 62% 74% 63% 66% 2012Access to toilet in house (% of HHs)Access to electricity (% of HHs)Refrigerator (% of HHs)Home phone (% of HHs) 71% 68% 72% 69% 80% 67% 74% 2012Cell phone (% of HHs) 98% 97% 99% 98% 99% 97% 99% 2012Personal computer (% of HHs)Less than 1.5 people per room (% of HHs) 45% 33% 52% 42% 61% 36% 53% 2012
Source: ECATSD using ECAPOV.
KEY INDICATORS US$ 2 . 5 0 US$ 5 . 0 0 Relat ive Group
ABOUT THE DATA
by the ECA Team for Statistical Development in the Poverty Global Practice at the World Bank Group. All indicators are as of 09/08/14.
QUESTIONS?Contact the Europe and Central Asia Team for Statistical Development ( [email protected] ).
Where possible, data is from harmonized regionally comparable sources. All numbers in this document are produced using the 2005
PPPs, as the use of the 2011 PPPs in the calculation of global poverty estimates still requires additional analysis. This note was produced
