Iran Poverty Rate 1986-2023
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 2019 was 27.60%, a 5.5% increase from 2018.
- Iran poverty rate for 2018 was 22.10%, a 1.2% increase from 2017.
- Iran poverty rate for 2017 was 20.90%, a 1.1% decline from 2016.
- Iran poverty rate for 2016 was 22.00%, a 0.1% increase from 2015.
| Iran Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2019 |
27.60% |
5.50% |
| 2018 |
22.10% |
1.20% |
| 2017 |
20.90% |
-1.10% |
| 2016 |
22.00% |
0.10% |
| 2015 |
21.90% |
0.80% |
| 2014 |
21.10% |
2.30% |
| 2013 |
18.80% |
-3.90% |
| 2009 |
22.70% |
-2.00% |
| 2006 |
24.70% |
1.20% |
| 2005 |
23.50% |
-21.30% |
| 1998 |
44.80% |
-2.90% |
| 1994 |
47.70% |
-7.70% |
| 1990 |
55.40% |
2.40% |
| 1986 |
53.00% |
2.40% |
