Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Iran
7.5% of people in Iran lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest since 2013.
Iran, 2023
7.5%
Change from 2022
−0.7percentage points
World, 2023
19.3%
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Iran over time
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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 | – | 18.2% |
| 2023 | 7.5% | 19.3% |
| 2022 | 8.2% | 20.5% |
| 2021 | 10.1% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 12.2% | 22.1% |
| 2019 | 12.1% | – |
| 2018 | 9.3% | 22.3% |
| 2017 | 8.1% | 23.6% |
| 2016 | 8.6% | 24.9% |
| 2015 | 8.4% | 26.3% |
| 2014 | 8.8% | 27.9% |
| 2013 | 6.9% | 29.3% |
| 2012 | 6.3% | 32.0% |
| 2011 | 7.2% | 33.6% |
| 2010 | – | 35.8% |
| 2009 | 10.5% | 38.1% |
| 2008 | – | 39.3% |
| 2007 | – | 40.5% |
| 2006 | 11.3% | 42.2% |
| 2005 | 10.7% | 43.7% |
| 2004 | – | 45.4% |
| 2003 | – | 47.2% |
| 2002 | – | 48.6% |
| 2001 | – | 49.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.7 percentage points from 8.2% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 6.9%, the figure has changed by +0.6 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 19.3%.