Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Iraq

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Iraq in 2023 — 28%. Ranked 41 in the world out of 57. Since 2006, the indicator has fallen by 7.2 pp.

2023 28% −4 pp vs 2012
World rank 41of 57
Period maximum 35.2%2006
Period minimum 28%2023

Trend over time

2006–2023 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Iraq, 2006–2023283032343620062008201020122014201620182020202220232006: 35.2%2012: 32%2023: 28%
Change over the period: −7.2 pp Annual average: -0.42 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Iraq 28%
World 47%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 28
2012 32
2006 35.2

Western Asia, 2023

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

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $6.85 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity — the highest of the three international lines of the World Bank. It is this line that shows how much more modest the fall in world poverty looks than the extreme line suggests: nearly half the population of the planet lives below this level, and over recent decades that share has been falling more slowly than the share of the destitute.

Important: It matches the typical national poverty lines of upper-middle-income countries. For rich countries even this line is low — there poverty is measured relative to median income rather than by an absolute amount.

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