Highest Poverty in Russia

Top 100 cities ranked by highest poverty

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Highest Poverty — Russia

1 Tuzha 33 0.1%

2 Chemodanovka 57 0.1%

3 Rozhdestveno 65 0.1%

4 Kyzyl-Mazhalyk 79 0.1%

5 Shkurinskaya 38 0.1%

6 Sadovoye 86 0.1%

7 Pokrovo-Prigorodnoye 72 0.1%

8 Podgornoye 75 0.1%

9 Baryshevo 53 0.1%

10 Pervomayskaya 12 0.1%

11 Agalatovo 42 0.1%

12 Kalashnikovo 77 0.1%

13 Bokovskaya 61 0.1%

14 Lakkha Nëvre 12 0.1%

15 Achit 71 0.1%

16 Staroaleyskoye 04 0.1%

17 Seshcha 10 0.1%

18 Gornopravdinsk 32 0.1%

19 Turtas 78 0.1%

20 Karakulino 80 0.1%

21 Pindushi 28 0.1%

22 Novaya Tavolzhanka 09 0.1%

23 Mezhevoy 13 0.1%

24 Nogamerzin-Yurt 12 0.1%

25 Pervomayskiy 33 0.1%

26 Lesnoy Gorodok 47 0.1%

27 Starocherkasskaya 61 0.1%

28 Tayzhina 29 0.1%

29 Yasnaya Polyana 70 0.1%

30 Grebenskaya 12 0.1%

31 Vorontsovka 86 0.1%

32 Nesterov 23 0.1%

33 Nozhay-Yurt 12 0.1%

34 Uryv-Pokrovka 86 0.1%

35 Olenino 77 0.1%

36 Russkiy 59 0.1%

37 Opalikha 47 0.1%

38 Nikolayevka 46 0.1%

39 Sergeyevka 59 0.1%

40 Shvartsevskiy 76 0.1%

41 Vygonichi 10 0.1%

42 Kumëny 33 0.1%

43 Ali-Berdukovskiy 27 0.1%

44 Chik 53 0.1%

45 Novobataysk 61 0.1%

46 Komsomol’skiy 24 0.1%

47 Ust-Tsilma 34 0.1%

48 Nezhinka 55 0.1%

49 Bol’shoye Boldino 51 0.1%

50 Tayturka 20 0.1%

51 Chad 08 0.1%

52 Polovinnoye 40 0.1%

53 Pervomayskoye 04 0.1%

54 Chistyye Bory 37 0.1%

55 Neverkino 57 0.1%

56 Gergebil’ 17 0.1%

57 Belyayevka 55 0.1%

58 Spas-Demensk 25 0.1%

59 Sotnikovskoye 70 0.1%

60 Pravokumskoye 70 0.1%

61 Ladovskaya Balka 70 0.1%

62 Pryamitsyno 41 0.1%

63 Takhtamukay 01 0.1%

64 Dvurechensk 71 0.1%

65 Doschatoye 51 0.1%

66 Novosmolinskiy 51 0.1%

67 Gremyachevo 51 0.1%

68 Novokorsunskaya 38 0.1%

69 Bayevo 04 0.1%

70 Chiri-Yurt 12 0.1%

71 Chernyshevskiy 63 0.1%

72 Ostrovskoye 37 0.1%

73 Tyukhtet 91 0.1%

74 Stolbovaya 47 0.1%

75 Kedrovyy 91 0.1%

76 Teren’ga 81 0.1%

77 Gornyye Klyuchi 59 0.1%

78 Starozhilovo 62 0.1%

79 Antipino 78 0.1%

80 Bamut 12 0.1%

81 Avsyunino 47 0.1%

82 Tëploye 76 0.1%

83 Karabash 73 0.1%

84 Yarkovo 53 0.1%

85 Bada 93 0.1%

86 Sechenovo 51 0.1%

87 Verkh-Neyvinskiy 71 0.1%

88 Ryazanskaya 38 0.1%

89 Priladozhskiy 42 0.1%

90 Pankrushikha 04 0.1%

91 Turgenevo 46 0.1%

92 Ust’-Uda 20 0.1%

93 Dmitrovsk 56 0.1%

94 Novopetrovskoye 47 0.1%

95 Karaidel’ 08 0.1%

96 Dorgeli 17 0.1%

97 Peno 77 0.1%

98 Lyubokhna 10 0.1%

99 Alpatovo 12 0.1%

100 Krasnoyarskaya 61 0.1%

Cities with the highest poverty rates in Russia face deep economic challenges affecting a significant portion of their population. Tuzha has a poverty rate of 0.1%.

High poverty rates impact communities in multiple ways: reduced access to healthcare and healthy food, lower educational outcomes, higher crime rates, and deteriorating infrastructure. These challenges are interconnected and require comprehensive solutions.

Addressing poverty in these cities requires a multi-pronged approach including economic development, affordable housing, quality education, healthcare access, and workforce training programs targeting underserved populations.

Did You Know?

1. In Tuzha, 0.1% of residents — roughly 1 in 100 people — live below the poverty line.
2. Child poverty rates in these cities are often even higher than the overall rate, sometimes exceeding 40%.
3. Poverty is measured by household income relative to family size — the threshold varies from $15,060 for an individual to $31,200 for a family of four.

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