Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Egypt
Egypt: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 99.4% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Egypt, 1990–2019
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 99.4% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in 2019.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Egypt peaked at 99.7% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 99.4%, in 2015.
That places Egypt 31st out of 119 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 99.7% | — |
| 1995 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 99.6% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 99.7% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 99.6% | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 99.6% | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 99.7% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 99.4% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 99.6% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 99.4% | -0.2% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 99.4% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 99.6%, 100% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 99.4% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 96.8%, 1.0× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.7% | 99.6% | 99.7% | 3 |
| 2000s | 99.7% | 99.6% | 99.7% | 2 |
| 2010s | 99.6% | 99.4% | 99.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More poverty & inequality data for Egypt
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 3 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.75 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 7,402 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 4.55 % change on previous year (2023)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.398 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 8.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Egypt?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Egypt was 99.4% in 2019, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 99.7% in 2012.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.4% in 2015.
- How does Egypt rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Egypt ranks 31st out of 119 countries with data for 2019.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.