Poverty & Inequality in Egypt

20 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Egypt.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 58.5% 2021 down 7.9% 35th
Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 7.1% 2021 down 29.0% 50th
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 1.4% 2021 down 6.7% 59th
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2021 unchanged 78th
Prosperity gap 3.9 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2021 down 7.1% 42nd
Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 16.4% 2021 down 15.5% 41st
Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 16.3% 2021 down 8.4% 79th
Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 1.2% 2021 down 25.0% 57th
Population living in slums 3.8% 2022 down 58.1% 116th
Income share held by second 20% 13.5% 2021 up 3.1% 20th
Gini index 28.5 2021 down 5.6% 103rd
Income share held by lowest 20% 9.7% 2021 up 3.2% 8th
Income share held by lowest 10% 4.2% 2021 up 2.4% 7th
Income share held by highest 10% 24.6% 2021 down 5.7% 86th
Income share held by highest 20% 38.6% 2021 down 3.7% 96th
Income share held by fourth 20% 21.4% 2021 up 1.4% 89th
Income share held by third 20% 16.9% 2021 up 3.0% 41st
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 4.4% 2021 unchanged 116th
Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 1.4% 2021 down 11.0% 60th
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 2.0% 2021 down 48.7% 22nd