Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Iran
Iran: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 94.8% in 2022. ▬ Flat
Latest (2022)
94.8%
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
59th
of 119 countries
All-time high
97.2%
in 1990
All-time low
87.0%
in 2006
Years of data
19
1986–2022
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Iran, 1986–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Iran recorded 94.8% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in 2022.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Iran peaked at 97.2% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 87.0%, in 2006.
Iran ranks 59th of 119 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Iran, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 96.1% | — |
| 1990 | 97.2% | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 96.2% | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 95.2% | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 88.0% | -7.5% |
| 2006 | 87.0% | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 88.2% | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 94.5% | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 94.4% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 94.8% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 95.2% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 94.8% | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 94.4% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 93.1% | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 93.6% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 95.3% | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 95.9% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 94.9% | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 94.8% | -0.2% |
Iran compared with similar countries
- Iran's 94.8% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.3%, 99% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Iran's 94.8% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 96.8%, 98% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 96.1% | 96.1% | 96.1% | 1 |
| 1990s | 96.2% | 95.2% | 97.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 87.8% | 87.0% | 88.2% | 3 |
| 2010s | 94.5% | 93.1% | 95.3% | 9 |
| 2020s | 95.2% | 94.8% | 95.9% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Iran
More poverty & inequality data for Iran
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.7 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,420 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 4.44 % change on previous year (2023)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.482 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 29.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Iran?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Iran was 94.8% in 2022, 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 Iran?
- The highest recorded value was 97.2% in 1990.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Iran?
- The lowest recorded value was 87.0% in 2006.
- How does Iran rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Iran ranks 59th out of 119 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Iran?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Iran 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.