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 12.90%, a 0.6% decline from 2016.
- Iran poverty rate for 2016 was 13.50%, a 0.8% increase from 2015.
- Iran poverty rate for 2015 was 12.70%, a 0.4% increase from 2014.
- Iran poverty rate for 2014 was 12.30%, a 2.4% increase from 2013.
| Iran Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2017 |
12.90% |
-0.60% |
| 2016 |
13.50% |
0.80% |
| 2015 |
12.70% |
0.40% |
| 2014 |
12.30% |
2.40% |
| 2013 |
9.90% |
-5.00% |
| 2009 |
14.90% |
-1.60% |
| 2006 |
16.50% |
0.90% |
| 2005 |
15.60% |
-20.80% |
| 1998 |
36.40% |
-4.70% |
| 1994 |
41.10% |
-4.20% |
| 1990 |
45.30% |
-0.30% |
| 1986 |
45.60% |
-0.30% |
