Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Iran
36.0% of people in Iran lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1986.
Iran, 2023
36.0%
Change from 2022
−3.0percentage points
World, 2023
47.1%
Poverty rate at $8.30 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 | – | 46.2% |
| 2023 | 36.0% | 47.1% |
| 2022 | 39.0% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 42.8% | 48.7% |
| 2020 | 48.4% | 50.4% |
| 2019 | 47.4% | – |
| 2018 | 42.1% | 50.4% |
| 2017 | 38.6% | 51.5% |
| 2016 | 41.7% | 52.4% |
| 2015 | 41.5% | 53.5% |
| 2014 | 42.1% | 54.7% |
| 2013 | 39.8% | 55.8% |
| 2012 | 37.2% | 57.5% |
| 2011 | 38.3% | 58.8% |
| 2010 | – | 60.2% |
| 2009 | 36.9% | 61.7% |
| 2008 | – | 62.5% |
| 2007 | – | 63.6% |
| 2006 | 38.2% | 65.0% |
| 2005 | 37.7% | 66.2% |
| 2004 | – | 67.4% |
| 2003 | – | 68.7% |
| 2002 | – | 69.3% |
| 2001 | – | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −3.0 percentage points from 39.0% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 39.8%, the figure has changed by −3.8 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 47.1%.