1.5 mln people in Kyrgyzstan live below poverty line in 2016
At least 1,557,000 people in
According to her, the employees of the National Statistical Committee conducted a selective integrated survey of the budgets of households and labor force, covering 5,016 households. The results of the survey showed that the level of poverty in 2016, calculated on consumer spending in the country, as a whole, was 25.4 percent. Compared to 2015, the indicator decreased by 6.7 percent.
It was found that the level of poverty in rural areas decreased by 4.6 percent, and in cities — by 10.7 percent. 74% of the total number of people living below the poverty line is the rural people.
Poverty reduction in 2016 was noted in all settlements, except for Chui region. The number of poor people there increased by 5.5 percent.
