Because of a boom in the mining sector, Mongolia had high growth rates in 2007 and 2008 (9.9% and 8.9%, respectively).
Kljub rasti, je bil delež prebivalstva pod pragom revščine ocenjen na 35,6% v letu 1998, 36,1% v obdobju 2002-2003 in 32,2% v letu 2006.