Poverty and living standards in Darkhan-Uul, Mongolia: official figures

26.7% of people in Darkhan-Uul lived below the poverty line in 2020, 9th lowest of 22 (all of Mongolia: 27.8%); this is the share of the population counted as poor in the National Statistics Office poverty estimates.

Poverty headcount

26.7%

2020

Is poverty falling in Darkhan-Uul?

The poverty rate in Darkhan-Uul was 33.4% in 2016, 32.8% in 2018 and 26.7% in 2020, a fall of 6.7 percentage points over four years (all of Mongolia: 29.6%, 28.4% and 27.8%).

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How many people live in poverty in Darkhan-Uul?

Applying the 2020 poverty rate of 26.7% to the 2020 population of 107,140 suggests roughly 28,600 people in Darkhan-Uul lived below the poverty line (an estimate calculated from the two published figures).

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How deep is poverty in Darkhan-Uul?

The poverty gap, which shows how far below the poverty line poor people fall on average, was 7.4% in Darkhan-Uul in 2020, 9th lowest of 22 (all of Mongolia: 7.4%); it was 8.1% in 2016.

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How severe is poverty in Darkhan-Uul?

The poverty severity index, which gives more weight to the poorest households, was 2.9 in Darkhan-Uul in 2020 (all of Mongolia: 2.8); in 2016 it was 2.9.

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How does poverty in Darkhan-Uul compare with the rest of its region?

Darkhan-Uul is in the NSO's Central region, where 25.2% of people lived below the poverty line in 2020 (26.8% in 2016); in Darkhan-Uul the rate was 26.7%.

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How Darkhan-Uul compares with other aimags

Share of people below the poverty line (2020)

Darkhan-Uul ranks 14 of 22, highest first.

Rank	Region	Share of people below the poverty line
11	Uvs	30.9%
12	Dundgovi	30.7%
13	Zavkhan	29.2%
14	Darkhan-Uul	26.7%
15	Khuvsgul	26.0%
16	Ulaanbaatar	25.4%
17	Sukhbaatar	24.3%

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Poverty gap (2020)

Darkhan-Uul ranks 14 of 22, highest first.

Rank	Region	Poverty gap
11	Uvs	8.0%
12	Arkhangai	7.9%
13	Zavkhan	7.5%
14	Darkhan-Uul	7.4%
15	Ulaanbaatar	7.0%
16	Khuvsgul	6.5%
17	Orkhon	6.2%

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Change in poverty rate, 2016 to 2020 (percentage points) (2016-2020)

Darkhan-Uul ranks 17 of 22, highest first.

Rank	Region	Change in poverty rate, 2016 to 2020 (percentage points)
14	Dornod	-4.4 points
15	Uvurkhangai	-4.9 points
16	Arkhangai	-4.9 points
17	Darkhan-Uul	-6.7 points
18	Khentii	-7.2 points
19	Bayan-Ulgii	-11.6 points
20	Govisumber	-12.6 points

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Sources

National Statistics Office of Mongolia: Poverty main indicators by aimags and region, 2016-2020: headcount, gap and severity (table DT_NSO_1900_035V1), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 ceefd45c6947…)

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