Golikova: at the end of 2022, nine regions did not reach poverty reduction indicators

Nine regions of Russia have not reached poverty reduction targets in 2022, said Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova.

“Nine regions in our country did not reach the established target by the end of 2022 [ими] the target indicator itself. These are the republics of Khakassia, Ingushetia, Adygea, Karachay-Cherkessia, Kalmykia, North Ossetia-Alania, Komi, the Orenburg Region and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug,” the Deputy Prime Minister said.

She noted that an increase in the level of poverty was noted in four Russian regions of the country – Ingushetia, Khakassia, Adygea and Tyva.

At the end of March Golikov informedthat the target value of poverty reduction for 2022 was 10.8%, and for 2023 – a share of 10.1%. At a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with deputy prime ministers, Golikova said that in the five years since 2017, 3.6 million Russians have raised their incomes to above the subsistence level and overcome the poverty threshold.

On May 3, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) published data, where fixed decrease in the share of the poor to a record 9.8% – up to 14.3 million people, wrote RBC. Then it was clarified that this indicator had never dropped below 10% since 1992.

Rosstat also published statistics on the regions. The share of people living below the poverty line increased only in 4 Russian regions – in Ingushetia (poverty rate at the end of 2022 was 30.5%, + 1.2 p.p.), in Tyva (28.8%, + 0.6 p.p.), Khakassia (18.1%, +0.2 p.p.) and Adygea (11.6%, +0.1 p.p.). Poverty declined the most in the Jewish Autonomous Region (-2.1 p.p. to 20.3%), the Altai Republic (-2 p.p. to 20.4%), and Kabardino-Balkaria (-1. 7 p.p. to 16.4%). In Moscow and St. Petersburg, this indicator fell by 0.5 percentage points to 5% and 4.5%, respectively.

According to analysts, by 2030 the poverty rate in Russia will drop to 6.5%.