Two out of ten families in Armenia are hungry
About 50% of the population is poor in our country, today, on the World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty, announced sociologist Aharon Adibekyan and added that this index varies in Armenia, “In the communities the poverty is about 60%, yet in Yerevan 40% of the population is poor.” With the poverty index Armenia is on the 33rd place in the world, Azerbaijan- 41st, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Georgia are poorer. The average family in Armenia has 26-40 thousand income. 25% of the population lives on benefits and only 33% on salaries, “The poor, whose poverty cannot be concealed, make up 19-20% of the population. The wealthy make up 15%, yet the number of the rich has decreased from 3% to 1%,” notes the sociologist and adds Armenia need USD 150 billion in order to overcome poverty. According to the data of the UNO, today 2 million people in the world are below the level of poverty, “Generally, 70% of the poor live in rich countries, as they separate several levels of poverty. For example, a person in Europe, who hasn’t got a car, isn’t able to buy meat on every other day or organize picnic once a week, is considered to be poor.”
