The Prime Minister added that the actual level of poverty may be even higher: “Today Armenia is a poor country.” Noting that the average per capita gross national income (
According to the Armenian ministry of finance, the poverty rate in 2012 was 33.1 %, and the extremely poor made 2.8 %. According to the ministry’s forecast, in 2013 the poverty rate will be 32.1 % and that of extreme poverty - 2.7.