Iran Poverty Rate 1986-2024
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.
- Iran poverty rate for 2022 was 21.90%, a 2.9% decline from 2021.
- Iran poverty rate for 2021 was 24.80%, a 4.5% decline from 2020.
- Iran poverty rate for 2020 was 29.30%, a 0.2% increase from 2019.
- Iran poverty rate for 2019 was 29.10%, a 4.7% increase from 2018.
| Iran Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2022 |
21.90% |
-2.90% |
| 2021 |
24.80% |
-4.50% |
| 2020 |
29.30% |
0.20% |
| 2019 |
29.10% |
4.70% |
| 2018 |
24.40% |
2.80% |
| 2017 |
21.60% |
-1.50% |
| 2016 |
23.10% |
0.10% |
| 2015 |
23.00% |
-0.50% |
| 2014 |
23.50% |
2.60% |
| 2013 |
20.90% |
1.20% |
| 2012 |
19.70% |
-1.20% |
| 2011 |
20.90% |
-1.80% |
| 2009 |
22.70% |
-2.00% |
| 2006 |
24.70% |
1.20% |
| 2005 |
23.50% |
-21.30% |
| 1998 |
44.80% |
-2.90% |
| 1994 |
47.70% |
-7.70% |
| 1990 |
55.40% |
2.50% |
| 1986 |
52.90% |
2.50% |
