Extreme poverty rate in Iran
2.5% of people in Iran lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest since 2013.
Iran, 2023
2.5%
Change from 2022
−0.3percentage points
World, 2023
10.5%
Extreme poverty rate in Iran over time
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The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Iran | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 10.1% |
| 2023 | 2.5% | 10.5% |
| 2022 | 2.8% | 10.9% |
| 2021 | 3.7% | 11.3% |
| 2020 | 4.6% | 11.4% |
| 2019 | 4.3% | – |
| 2018 | 3.2% | 11.1% |
| 2017 | 2.7% | 11.8% |
| 2016 | 3.0% | 12.6% |
| 2015 | 3.0% | 13.4% |
| 2014 | 3.3% | 14.5% |
| 2013 | 1.9% | 15.5% |
| 2012 | 1.8% | 17.8% |
| 2011 | 2.3% | 19.1% |
| 2010 | – | 21.0% |
| 2009 | 4.9% | 23.1% |
| 2008 | – | 24.1% |
| 2007 | – | 25.3% |
| 2006 | 4.5% | 27.0% |
| 2005 | 4.5% | 28.3% |
| 2004 | – | 30.3% |
| 2003 | – | 32.2% |
| 2002 | – | 33.7% |
| 2001 | – | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 2.8% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 1.9%, the figure has changed by +0.6 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 10.5%.