Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Egypt
Egypt: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day was 58.5% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Egypt, 1990–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Egypt is 58.5%, measured in 2021.
The figure is down 6.0% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Egypt peaked at 77.1% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 56.8%, in 2015.
That places Egypt 35th out of 120 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 73.9% | — |
| 1995 | 77.1% | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 64.0% | -17.0% |
| 2004 | 72.4% | +13.1% |
| 2008 | 71.8% | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 63.5% | -11.7% |
| 2012 | 60.6% | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 56.8% | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 66.8% | +17.6% |
| 2019 | 62.2% | -6.9% |
| 2021 | 58.5% | -6.0% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 58.5% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 71.2%, 82% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 58.5% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 32.3%, 1.8× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 71.7% | 64.0% | 77.1% | 3 |
| 2000s | 72.1% | 71.8% | 72.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 62.0% | 56.8% | 66.8% | 5 |
| 2020s | 58.5% | 58.5% | 58.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More poverty & inequality data for Egypt
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 3 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $8.30 a day in Egypt?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Egypt was 58.5% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 77.1% in 1995.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.8% in 2015.
- How does Egypt rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day?
- Egypt ranks 35th out of 120 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $8.30 per day.