Iran Poverty Rate 1986-2021
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.
- Iran poverty rate for 2017 was 10.90%, a 0.7% decline from 2016.
- Iran poverty rate for 2016 was 11.60%, a 0.6% increase from 2015.
- Iran poverty rate for 2015 was 11.00%, a 0.5% increase from 2014.
- Iran poverty rate for 2014 was 10.50%, a 2.4% increase from 2013.
| Iran Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2017 |
10.90% |
-0.70% |
| 2016 |
11.60% |
0.60% |
| 2015 |
11.00% |
0.50% |
| 2014 |
10.50% |
2.40% |
| 2013 |
8.10% |
-5.00% |
| 2009 |
13.10% |
-1.50% |
| 2006 |
14.60% |
1.00% |
| 2005 |
13.60% |
-19.90% |
| 1998 |
33.50% |
-4.40% |
| 1994 |
37.90% |
-4.30% |
| 1990 |
42.20% |
-0.50% |
| 1986 |
42.70% |
-0.50% |
