Egypt poverty rate for 2021 was 58.50%, a 3.7% decline from 2019.
Egypt poverty rate for 2019 was 62.20%, a 4.6% decline from 2017.
Egypt poverty rate for 2017 was 66.80%, a 10% increase from 2015.
Egypt poverty rate for 2015 was 56.80%, a 3.8% decline from 2012.
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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Egypt Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1990 - 2021.