Egypt Poverty Rate 1990-2025

Egypt poverty rate for 2019 was 68.80%, a 3.8% decline from 2017.
  • Egypt poverty rate for 2017 was 72.60%, a 8.1% increase from 2015.
  • Egypt poverty rate for 2015 was 64.50%, a 3.3% decline from 2012.
  • Egypt poverty rate for 2012 was 67.80%, a 2.8% decline from 2010.
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Percent Under US 5.50 Per Day

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Annual Change

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