Extreme poverty rate in Iraq
0.5% of people in Iraq lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2023.
Iraq, 2023
0.5%
Change from 2012
−0.1percentage points
World, 2023
10.5%
Extreme poverty rate in Iraq over time
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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Iraq | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 10.1% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | 10.5% |
| 2022 | – | 10.9% |
| 2021 | – | 11.3% |
| 2020 | – | 11.4% |
| 2018 | – | 11.1% |
| 2017 | – | 11.8% |
| 2016 | – | 12.6% |
| 2015 | – | 13.4% |
| 2014 | – | 14.5% |
| 2013 | – | 15.5% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | 17.8% |
| 2011 | – | 19.1% |
| 2010 | – | 21.0% |
| 2009 | – | 23.1% |
| 2008 | – | 24.1% |
| 2007 | – | 25.3% |
| 2006 | 0.6% | 27.0% |
| 2005 | – | 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
- The previous available figure was 0.6% in 2012, a change of −0.1 percentage points.
- Since 2006, when it was 0.6%, the figure has changed by −0.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 10.5%.
More for Iraq
All statistics for Iraq
Poverty rate at national poverty lines
17.5%
2023 · World Bank
Prevalence of undernourishment
13.4%
2024 · World Bank
Gini index
29.8 (0 to 100)
2023 · World Bank
Income share held by the richest 10%
24.2%
2023 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP)
2.4%
2023 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP)
28.0%
2023 · World Bank