Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Iran
Iran: Poverty share on less than 30 per day was 95.4 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Latest (2023)
95.4
Change on year
down 0.6%
World rank
41st
of 120 countries
All-time high
97.78
in 1990
All-time low
89.29
in 2006
Years of data
20
1986–2023
Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Iran, 1986–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Iran recorded 95.4 for poverty share on less than 30 per day in 2023.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty share on less than 30 per day in Iran peaked at 97.78 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 89.29, in 2006.
That places Iran 41st out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 96.77 | 96.77 | 96.77 | 1 |
| 1990s | 96.97 | 96.15 | 97.78 | 3 |
| 2000s | 90.03 | 89.29 | 90.45 | 3 |
| 2010s | 95.78 | 94.53 | 96.4 | 9 |
| 2020s | 96.08 | 95.4 | 96.78 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Iran
More poverty & inequality data for Iran
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 8 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.7 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 2,420 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.482 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 29.36 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.0873 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.0873 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.1072 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.2752 (2023)
- Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 2.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty share on less than 30 per day in Iran?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Iran was 95.4 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Iran?
- The highest recorded value was 97.78 in 1990.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Iran?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.29 in 2006.
- How does Iran rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day?
- Iran ranks 41st out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per day rising or falling in Iran?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Iran data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty share on less than 30 per day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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