Poverty level falls to 5.1% in Azerbaijan

Baku. 5 March. REPORT.AZ/ As at the end of 2018, poverty level in Azerbaijan fell to 5.1%, down 0.3 percentage point from 2017, Report informs citing the Cabinet of Ministers.

Notably, the poverty level was 44.7% in 2003, 40.2% in 2004, 29.3% in 2005, 20.9% in 2006, 15.8% in 2007, 13.2% in 2008, 10.9% in 2009, 9.1% in 2010, 7.6% in 2011, 6% in 2012, 5.3% in 2013, 5% in 2014-2015 and 5.9% in 2016.