ArmenPress
Dec 14 2004

STATISTICAL SERVICE SAYS POVERTY FELL 7 PERCENT IN 2003

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 14, ARMENPRESS: Armenia’s national statistical
committee presented today a report entitled Armenia’s Social Image
and Poverty, based on the results of a nation-wide survey of 4,641
households, according to which the level of poverty in 2003 decreased
6.8 percent.
The report found that 57.1 percent of the population is “not
poor,” 43 percent was found “poor” and 7.5 percent “extremely poor.”
The report also includes the results of researches conducted by
World Bank experts in line with a new assessment methodology, which
may be used to assess the poverty level in Armenia in 2004. According
to WB experts, the poverty level in Armenia last year was 32 percent,
of which 5.5 percent were extremely poor.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress