Poverty at $3.65 a day — all countries

Poverty at $3.65 a day — Iran

Poverty at $3.65 a day in Iran in 2023 — 7.5%. Ranked 44 in the world out of 57. Since 1986, the indicator has fallen by 27.5 pp.

2023 7.5% −0.7 pp vs 2022
World rank 44of 57
Period maximum 35.7%1990
Period minimum 6.3%2012

Trend over time

1986–2023 · % of population

Poverty at $3.65 a day — Iran, 1986–202301020304019861990199419982002200620102014201820221986: 35%1990: 35.7%1994: 28.7%1998: 27.2%2005: 10.7%2006: 11.3%2009: 10.5%2011: 7.2%2012: 6.3%2013: 6.9%2014: 8.8%2015: 8.4%2016: 8.6%2017: 8.1%2018: 9.3%2019: 12.1%2020: 12.2%2021: 10.1%2022: 8.2%2023: 7.5%
Change over the period: −27.5 pp Annual average: -0.74 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Iran

Iran 7.5%
World 19.6%
Poverty at $3.65 a day — Iran, by year Iran All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 7.5 −0.7 pp
2022 8.2 −1.9 pp
2021 10.1 −2.1 pp
2020 12.2 +0.1 pp
2019 12.1 +2.8 pp
2018 9.3 +1.2 pp
2017 8.1 −0.5 pp
2016 8.6 +0.2 pp
2015 8.4 −0.4 pp
2014 8.8 +1.9 pp
2013 6.9 +0.6 pp
2012 6.3 −0.9 pp
2011 7.2
2009 10.5
2006 11.3 +0.6 pp
2005 10.7
1998 27.2
1994 28.7
1990 35.7
1986 35

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $3.65 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity. The World Bank keeps three international lines because one does not work for the whole world: extreme poverty at $2.15 has all but disappeared in middle-income countries, and they need a higher line. This one matches the typical national lines of lower-middle-income countries — that is, it answers how many are poor by the standards of countries like them, not how many are destitute.

Important: Measured from consumption or income in household surveys held once every few years, so the years are discontinuous. The line is set in 2017 PPP dollars, not in current ones.

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