Over 35,000 below poverty line in 2018 in Kyrgyzstan

AKIPRESS.COM - Over 35,000 were below the poverty line in Kyrgyzstan in 2018. 84.6% of them lived in rural areas, according to the report of the National Statistical Committee on living conditions in 2014-2018 released in November 2019. Extreme poverty was not observed in Talas and Osh regions.
The extreme poverty rate in Batken region declined by 2.5%, in Chui region by 1.4%, in Issyk-Kul region by 0.1%, in Osh by 0.6%.
The extreme poverty growth was observed in Jalal-Abad - by 1%, in Bishkek - by 0.3%, in Naryn region - by 0.2%.