Egypt Poverty Rate 1990-2024
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.
- Egypt poverty rate for 2019 was 68.80%, a 3.8% decline from 2017.
- Egypt poverty rate for 2017 was 72.60%, a 8.1% increase from 2015.
- Egypt poverty rate for 2015 was 64.50%, a 3.3% decline from 2012.
- Egypt poverty rate for 2012 was 67.80%, a 2.8% decline from 2010.
| Egypt Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2019 |
68.80% |
-3.80% |
| 2017 |
72.60% |
8.10% |
| 2015 |
64.50% |
-3.30% |
| 2012 |
67.80% |
-2.80% |
| 2010 |
70.60% |
-6.90% |
| 2008 |
77.50% |
-0.20% |
| 2004 |
77.70% |
7.20% |
| 1999 |
70.50% |
-11.30% |
| 1995 |
81.80% |
2.90% |
| 1990 |
78.90% |
2.90% |
