Poverty and living standards in Sukhbaatar, Mongolia: official figures

24.3% of people in Sukhbaatar lived below the poverty line in 2020, 6th 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

24.3%

2020

Is poverty falling in Sukhbaatar?

The poverty rate in Sukhbaatar was 47.0% in 2016, 30.2% in 2018 and 24.3% in 2020, a fall of 22.7 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 Sukhbaatar?

Applying the 2020 poverty rate of 24.3% to the 2020 population of 63,931 suggests roughly 15,500 people in Sukhbaatar lived below the poverty line (an estimate calculated from the two published figures).

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How deep is poverty in Sukhbaatar?

The poverty gap, which shows how far below the poverty line poor people fall on average, was 5.7% in Sukhbaatar in 2020, 5th lowest of 22 (all of Mongolia: 7.4%); it was 13.7% in 2016.

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How severe is poverty in Sukhbaatar?

The poverty severity index, which gives more weight to the poorest households, was 1.9 in Sukhbaatar in 2020 (all of Mongolia: 2.8); in 2016 it was 5.4.

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

Sukhbaatar is in the NSO's Eastern region, where 33.3% of people lived below the poverty line in 2020 (43.9% in 2016); in Sukhbaatar the rate was 24.3%.

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How Sukhbaatar compares with other aimags

Share of people below the poverty line (2020)

Sukhbaatar ranks 17 of 22, highest first.

Rank	Region	Share of people below the poverty line
14	Darkhan-Uul	26.7%
15	Khuvsgul	26.0%
16	Ulaanbaatar	25.4%
17	Sukhbaatar	24.3%
18	Orkhon	23.7%
19	Bayan-Ulgii	22.8%
20	Dornogovi	19.8%

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Poverty gap (2020)

Sukhbaatar ranks 18 of 22, highest first.

Rank	Region	Poverty gap
15	Ulaanbaatar	7.0%
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%

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

Sukhbaatar ranks 22 of 22, highest first.

Rank	Region	Change in poverty rate, 2016 to 2020 (percentage 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
21	Zavkhan	-18.3 points
22	Sukhbaatar	-22.7 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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