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 17.80%, a 3.8% increase from 2018.
- Iran poverty rate for 2018 was 14.00%, a 0.8% increase from 2017.
- Iran poverty rate for 2017 was 13.20%, a 0.5% decline from 2016.
- Iran poverty rate for 2016 was 13.70%, a 0.3% increase from 2015.
| Iran Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2019 |
17.80% |
3.80% |
| 2018 |
14.00% |
0.80% |
| 2017 |
13.20% |
-0.50% |
| 2016 |
13.70% |
0.30% |
| 2015 |
13.40% |
0.30% |
| 2014 |
13.10% |
2.40% |
| 2013 |
10.70% |
-4.40% |
| 2009 |
15.10% |
-1.70% |
| 2006 |
16.80% |
1.00% |
| 2005 |
15.80% |
-18.80% |
| 1998 |
34.60% |
-2.20% |
| 1994 |
36.80% |
-7.30% |
| 1990 |
44.10% |
1.30% |
| 1986 |
42.80% |
1.30% |
