Poverty level in Kyrgyzstan decreased by 6.7%

Bishkek, June 13 / Kabar /. In Kyrgyzstan, as a result of 2016 the poverty level decreased by 6.7% compared to 2015 and made 25.4% and, Galina Samokhleb, head of the department of statistics of households of the National Statistics Committee told at the press conference.

She said that such indicators are due to the poverty reduction among the urban population.

"in particular, we are talking about such cities as Bishkek and Osh and the urban area of ​​Jalal-Abad oblast. The number of poor people was 1.5 million, of which 74% live in rural areas," she said.