Syrian Arab Republic Poverty Rate

Syrian Arab Republic poverty rate for 2022 was 87.90%, a 55.9% increase from 2009.
  • Syrian Arab Republic poverty rate for 2009 was 32.00%, a 0.3% increase from 2006.
  • Syrian Arab Republic poverty rate for 2006 was 31.70%, a 2% increase from 2003.
  • Syrian Arab Republic poverty rate for 2003 was 29.70%, a 12.1% decline from 1996.
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: Syrian Arab Republic Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1996 - 2022.