Egypt Poverty Rate 1990-2021
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.
- Egypt poverty rate for 2017 was 70.40%, a 8.5% increase from 2015.
- Egypt poverty rate for 2015 was 61.90%, a 3.2% decline from 2012.
- Egypt poverty rate for 2012 was 65.10%, a 2.9% decline from 2010.
- Egypt poverty rate for 2010 was 68.00%, a 7.3% decline from 2008.
| Egypt Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2017 |
70.40% |
8.50% |
| 2015 |
61.90% |
-3.20% |
| 2012 |
65.10% |
-2.90% |
| 2010 |
68.00% |
-7.30% |
| 2008 |
75.30% |
-0.50% |
| 2004 |
75.80% |
7.70% |
| 1999 |
68.10% |
-11.90% |
| 1995 |
80.00% |
2.90% |
| 1990 |
77.10% |
2.90% |
