The proportion of the country’s population living below the national poverty line decreased from 9,1 percent in 2010 to 4,8 percent in 2019. Although the indicator increased in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it decreased in the following years again, in 2022 to 5,5 percent (5,6 percent for men and 5,1 percent for women). 

In 2022, the indicator was 2,9 percent in urban areas and 8,6 percent in rural areas.