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 72.60%, a 8.2% increase from 2015.
- Egypt poverty rate for 2015 was 64.40%, a 3.3% decline from 2012.
- Egypt poverty rate for 2012 was 67.70%, a 2.8% decline from 2010.
- Egypt poverty rate for 2010 was 70.50%, a 6.9% decline from 2008.
| Egypt Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2017 |
72.60% |
8.20% |
| 2015 |
64.40% |
-3.30% |
| 2012 |
67.70% |
-2.80% |
| 2010 |
70.50% |
-6.90% |
| 2008 |
77.40% |
-0.30% |
| 2004 |
77.70% |
7.30% |
| 1999 |
70.40% |
-11.40% |
| 1995 |
81.80% |
3.00% |
| 1990 |
78.80% |
3.00% |
