Poverty and living standards in Dornogovi, Mongolia: official figures

19.8% of people in Dornogovi lived below the poverty line in 2020, 3rd 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

19.8%

2020

Is poverty falling in Dornogovi?

The poverty rate in Dornogovi was 23.2% in 2016, 23.4% in 2018 and 19.8% in 2020, a fall of 3.4 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 Dornogovi?

Applying the 2020 poverty rate of 19.8% to the 2020 population of 71,290 suggests roughly 14,100 people in Dornogovi lived below the poverty line (an estimate calculated from the two published figures).

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How deep is poverty in Dornogovi?

The poverty gap, which shows how far below the poverty line poor people fall on average, was 4.1% in Dornogovi in 2020, 2nd lowest of 22 (all of Mongolia: 7.4%); it was 6.3% in 2016.

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How severe is poverty in Dornogovi?

The poverty severity index, which gives more weight to the poorest households, was 1.3 in Dornogovi in 2020 (all of Mongolia: 2.8); in 2016 it was 2.6.

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How does poverty in Dornogovi compare with the rest of its region?

Dornogovi is in the NSO's Central region, where 25.2% of people lived below the poverty line in 2020 (26.8% in 2016); in Dornogovi the rate was 19.8%.

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How Dornogovi compares with other aimags

Share of people below the poverty line (2020)

Dornogovi ranks 20 of 22, highest first.

Rank	Region	Share of people below the poverty line
16	Ulaanbaatar	25.4%
17	Sukhbaatar	24.3%
18	Orkhon	23.7%
19	Bayan-Ulgii	22.8%
20	Dornogovi	19.8%
21	Tuv	19.3%
22	Umnugovi	16.4%

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Poverty gap (2020)

Dornogovi ranks 21 of 22, highest first.

Rank	Region	Poverty gap
16	Khuvsgul	6.5%
17	Orkhon	6.2%
18	Sukhbaatar	5.7%
19	Bayan-Ulgii	5.5%
20	Tuv	4.7%
21	Dornogovi	4.1%
22	Umnugovi	3.2%

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

Dornogovi ranks 13 of 22, highest first.

Rank	Region	Change in poverty rate, 2016 to 2020 (percentage points)
10	Selenge	-2.4 points
11	Bayankhongor	-3.1 points
12	Khuvsgul	-3.1 points
13	Dornogovi	-3.4 points
14	Dornod	-4.4 points
15	Uvurkhangai	-4.9 points
16	Arkhangai	-4.9 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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