Egypt poverty rate for 2021 was 58.50%, a 3.7% decline from 2019.
Egypt poverty rate for 2019 was 62.20%, a 4.6% decline from 2017.
Egypt poverty rate for 2017 was 66.80%, a 10% increase from 2015.
Egypt poverty rate for 2015 was 56.80%, a 3.8% decline from 2012.
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.