Poverty at the national line — all countries

Poverty at the national line — Palestine

Poverty at the national line in Palestine in 2023 — 32.8%. Ranked 35 in the world out of 40. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 7.1 pp.

2023 32.8% +3.6 pp vs 2016
World rank 35of 40
Period maximum 32.8%2023
Period minimum 25.7%2010

Trend over time

2010–2023 · % of population

Poverty at the national line — Palestine, 2010–2023242628303234201020122014201620182020202220232010: 25.7%2011: 25.8%2016: 29.2%2023: 32.8%
Change over the period: +7.1 pp Annual average: 0.55 pp
Poverty at the national line — Palestine, by year Palestine All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 32.8
2016 29.2
2011 25.8 +0.1 pp
2010 25.7

Western Asia, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population below the national poverty line — the one a country has defined in its legislation or in the methodology of its statistical office. The indicator answers a question the international lines do not ask: how many people are poor by the standards of their own society. That is exactly why it is unfit for comparing countries with one another — yet it shows better than any other indicator how a country assesses poverty at home, and it is what the results of national policy are judged by.

Important: There are no aggregates for country groups, and this is not a gap: poverty lines differ between countries, and a sum of shares computed against different lines has no definition. For comparing countries there are the three international lines.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.