Bishkek, June 11, 2021 . / Kabar / . In 2020, 1 million 678 thousand people in Kyrgyzstan lived below the poverty line, 73.7% of which lived in rural areas, the National Statistics Committee of the republic said.
The value of the overall poverty line in 2020 was KGS 35,268 per capita per year, extreme poverty – KGS 19,774.
A decrease in poverty in 2020 compared to the previous year was noted in Osh city (by 6.0 percentage points) and Talas Oblast (by 0.8 percentage points).
Meanwhile, an increase in the level of poverty was observed in other regions of Kyrgyzstan.
Out of the total number of poor, more than 58% lived in Jalal-Abad, Osh and Chui Oblasts.
In 2020, there were 833.9 thousand children aged 0-17 years, or 31.8%, living in poverty in the republic.
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