Extreme poverty rate in Syria
18.0% of people in Syria lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2022.
Syria, 2022
18.0%
Change from 2009
+18.0percentage points
World, 2022
10.9%
Extreme poverty rate in Syria 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 | Syria | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 10.1% |
| 2023 | – | 10.5% |
| 2022 | 18.0% | 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 | – | 17.8% |
| 2011 | – | 19.1% |
| 2010 | – | 21.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | 23.1% |
| 2008 | – | 24.1% |
| 2007 | – | 25.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0% | 27.0% |
| 2005 | – | 28.3% |
| 2004 | – | 30.3% |
| 2003 | 0.5% | 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 0.0% in 2009, a change of +18.0 percentage points.
- Since 1996, when it was 1.2%, the figure has changed by +16.8 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 10.9%.
More for Syria
All statistics for Syria
Poverty rate at national poverty lines
35.2%
2006 · World Bank
Prevalence of undernourishment
40.8%
2024 · World Bank
Gini index
26.4 (0 to 100)
2022 · World Bank
Income share held by the richest 10%
20.9%
2022 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP)
42.1%
2022 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP)
89.3%
2022 · World Bank