Poverty and living standards in Tuv, Mongolia: official figures
19.3% of people in Tuv lived below the poverty line in 2020, 2nd 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.
Is poverty falling in Tuv?
The poverty rate in Tuv was 17.3% in 2016, 20.5% in 2018 and 19.3% in 2020, a rise of 2.0 percentage points over four years (all of Mongolia: 29.6%, 28.4% and 27.8%).
Source: National Statistics Office of Mongolia · saved copyHow many people live in poverty in Tuv?
Applying the 2020 poverty rate of 19.3% to the 2020 population of 93,364 suggests roughly 18,000 people in Tuv lived below the poverty line (an estimate calculated from the two published figures).
Source: National Statistics Office of Mongolia · saved copyHow deep is poverty in Tuv?
The poverty gap, which shows how far below the poverty line poor people fall on average, was 4.7% in Tuv in 2020, 3rd lowest of 22 (all of Mongolia: 7.4%); it was 3.7% in 2016.
Source: National Statistics Office of Mongolia · saved copyHow severe is poverty in Tuv?
The poverty severity index, which gives more weight to the poorest households, was 1.7 in Tuv in 2020 (all of Mongolia: 2.8); in 2016 it was 1.3.
Source: National Statistics Office of Mongolia · saved copyHow does poverty in Tuv compare with the rest of its region?
Tuv is in the NSO's Central region, where 25.2% of people lived below the poverty line in 2020 (26.8% in 2016); in Tuv the rate was 19.3%.
Source: National Statistics Office of Mongolia · saved copyHow Tuv compares with other aimags
Share of people below the poverty line (2020)
Tuv ranks 21 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% |
Poverty gap (2020)
Tuv ranks 20 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% |
Change in poverty rate, 2016 to 2020 (percentage points) (2016-2020)
Tuv ranks 5 of 22, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Change in poverty rate, 2016 to 2020 (percentage points) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Bulgan | +7.3 points |
| 3 | Uvs | +6.7 points |
| 4 | Khovd | +2.9 points |
| 5 | Tuv | +2.0 points |
| 6 | Umnugovi | +1.0 points |
| 7 | Ulaanbaatar | +0.6 points |
| 8 | Orkhon | +0.2 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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