Iraq Poverty Rate

Iraq poverty rate for 2023 was 28.00%, a 4% decline from 2012.
  • Iraq poverty rate for 2012 was 32.00%, a 3.2% decline from 2006.
  • Iraq poverty rate for 2006 was 35.20%, a 35.2% increase from .
  • Iraq poverty rate for was 0.00%, a 0% increase from .
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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Iraq Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 2006 - 2023.