Kazakhstan - Poverty headcount ratio

Poverty headcount ratio at $2 a day (PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $2 a day (PPP) (% of population) in Kazakhstan was 1.12 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 30.30 in 2001 and a minimum value of 0.06 in 1988.

Definition: Population below $2 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $2.00 a day at 2005 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).

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Year Value
1988 0.06
1993 17.57
1996 18.76
2001 30.30
2002 21.53
2003 17.17
2004 13.92
2006 3.32
2007 1.48
2008 0.89
2009 1.12

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (PPP) (% of population) in Kazakhstan was 0.11 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13.62 in 2001 and a minimum value of 0.02 in 1988.

Definition: Population below $1.25 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.25 a day at 2005 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).

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Year Value
1988 0.02
1993 4.21
1996 4.98
2001 13.62
2002 5.15
2003 3.12
2004 1.69
2006 0.43
2007 0.17
2008 0.10
2009 0.11

Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of population) in Kazakhstan was 8.20 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 8 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 46.70 in 2001 and a minimum value of 8.20 in 2009.

Definition: National poverty rate is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.

Source: Global Poverty Working Group. Data are based on World Bank's country poverty assessments and country Poverty Reduction Strategies.

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Year Value
2001 46.70
2002 44.50
2003 37.50
2004 33.90
2005 31.60
2006 18.20
2007 12.70
2008 12.10
2009 8.20

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates