Egypt - Poverty headcount ratio

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Egypt was 3.80 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8.70 in 1990 and a minimum value of 1.50 in 2012.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1990 8.70
1995 5.60
1999 2.40
2004 5.20
2008 4.70
2010 2.20
2012 1.50
2015 1.60
2017 3.80

Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Egypt was 28.90 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 41.60 in 1995 and a minimum value of 18.20 in 2015.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.20 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1990 40.50
1995 41.60
1999 26.70
2004 35.40
2008 33.50
2010 23.70
2012 19.00
2015 18.20
2017 28.90

Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)

Definition: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty lines. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.

Source: World Bank, Global Poverty Working Group. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.

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Year Value
2015 27.80
2017 32.50

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Egypt was 72.60 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 81.80 in 1995 and a minimum value of 64.40 in 2015.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1990 78.80
1995 81.80
1999 70.40
2004 77.70
2008 77.40
2010 70.50
2012 67.70
2015 64.40
2017 72.60

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Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates