Poverty and living standards in Uvs, Mongolia: official figures
30.9% of people in Uvs lived below the poverty line in 2020, 11th highest 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 Uvs?
The poverty rate in Uvs was 24.2% in 2016, 29.6% in 2018 and 30.9% in 2020, a rise of 6.7 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 Uvs?
Applying the 2020 poverty rate of 30.9% to the 2020 population of 83,708 suggests roughly 25,900 people in Uvs 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 Uvs?
The poverty gap, which shows how far below the poverty line poor people fall on average, was 8.0% in Uvs in 2020, 11th highest of 22 (all of Mongolia: 7.4%); it was 6.0% in 2016.
Source: National Statistics Office of Mongolia · saved copyHow severe is poverty in Uvs?
The poverty severity index, which gives more weight to the poorest households, was 3.0 in Uvs in 2020 (all of Mongolia: 2.8); in 2016 it was 2.3.
Source: National Statistics Office of Mongolia · saved copyHow does poverty in Uvs compare with the rest of its region?
Uvs is in the NSO's Western region, where 31.5% of people lived below the poverty line in 2020 (36.0% in 2016); in Uvs the rate was 30.9%.
Source: National Statistics Office of Mongolia · saved copyHow Uvs compares with other aimags
Share of people below the poverty line (2020)
Uvs ranks 11 of 22, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Share of people below the poverty line |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Bayankhongor | 35.7% |
| 9 | Selenge | 34.0% |
| 10 | Arkhangai | 32.7% |
| 11 | Uvs | 30.9% |
| 12 | Dundgovi | 30.7% |
| 13 | Zavkhan | 29.2% |
| 14 | Darkhan-Uul | 26.7% |
Poverty gap (2020)
Uvs ranks 11 of 22, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Poverty gap |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Uvurkhangai | 8.7% |
| 9 | Bayankhongor | 8.4% |
| 10 | Dundgovi | 8.4% |
| 11 | Uvs | 8.0% |
| 12 | Arkhangai | 7.9% |
| 13 | Zavkhan | 7.5% |
| 14 | Darkhan-Uul | 7.4% |
Change in poverty rate, 2016 to 2020 (percentage points) (2016-2020)
Uvs ranks 3 of 22, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Change in poverty rate, 2016 to 2020 (percentage points) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dundgovi | +7.8 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 |
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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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