Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Syria
42.1% of people in Syria lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2022.
Syria, 2022
42.1%
Change from 2009
+36.3percentage points
World, 2022
20.5%
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Syria 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 | Syria | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 18.2% |
| 2023 | – | 19.3% |
| 2022 | 42.1% | 20.5% |
| 2021 | – | 21.4% |
| 2020 | – | 22.1% |
| 2018 | – | 22.3% |
| 2017 | – | 23.6% |
| 2016 | – | 24.9% |
| 2015 | – | 26.3% |
| 2014 | – | 27.9% |
| 2013 | – | 29.3% |
| 2012 | – | 32.0% |
| 2011 | – | 33.6% |
| 2010 | – | 35.8% |
| 2009 | 5.8% | 38.1% |
| 2008 | – | 39.3% |
| 2007 | – | 40.5% |
| 2006 | 6.3% | 42.2% |
| 2005 | – | 43.7% |
| 2004 | – | 45.4% |
| 2003 | 3.1% | 47.2% |
| 2002 | – | 48.6% |
| 2001 | – | 49.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 5.8% in 2009, a change of +36.3 percentage points.
- Since 1996, when it was 6.0%, the figure has changed by +36.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 20.5%.