Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Syria

35.2% of people in Syria lived below the national poverty line in 2006.

Measure: Poverty rate at national poverty lines Unit: % of population Data: 2003 to 2006 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Syria is for 2006. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Syria, 2006 35.2% % of population
Change from 2003 +5.1percentage points 2003: 30.1%

Poverty rate at national poverty lines 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.

Poverty rate at national poverty lines (% of population), 2003 to 2006
Period Syria
2006 35.2%
2003 30.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 30.1% in 2003, a change of +5.1 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.NAHC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2003 to 2006 for Syria
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources