Poverty & Inequality in Egypt 91 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Egypt. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 3 surveys 2025 down 25.0% 71st Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 36.9% 134th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 32.4% 112th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.75 live births per woman 2023 down 21.2% 66th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 7,402 kg per hectare 2023 up 1.6% 12th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 26.0% 120th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 4.55 % change on previous year 2023 up 1,927.5% 47th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -25 % change on previous year 2025 down 175.0% 127th Gender Inequality Index 0.398 2023 down 28.7% 70th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 8.0% 2023 down 43.5% 174th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.103 2023 down 10.6% 114th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.103 2023 down 10.6% 114th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1186 2023 down 11.7% 128th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 1.4% 2021 down 6.7% 61st Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2021 unchanged 80th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 7.1% 2021 down 29.0% 52nd Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 58.5% 2021 down 7.9% 35th Prosperity gap 3.9 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2021 down 7.1% 44th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1868 2023 up 22.7% 124th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 1.2% 2021 down 25.0% 59th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 16.3% 2021 down 8.4% 81st Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 16.4% 2021 down 15.5% 43rd Population living in slums 3.8% 2022 down 58.1% 116th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.582 2023 up 9.2% 95th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.582 2023 up 9.2% 95th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.582 2023 up 9.2% 95th Proportion of population below international poverty line 1.4% 2021 down 6.7% 64th Three metrics of inequality 57.73 2020 up 1.4% 42nd Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.5773 2020 up 1.4% 42nd Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 80.88 2023 down 0.0% 111th Income share held by second 20% 13.5% 2021 up 3.1% 20th Income share held by third 20% 16.9% 2021 up 3.0% 41st Income share held by fourth 20% 21.4% 2021 up 1.4% 91st Income share held by highest 20% 38.6% 2021 down 3.7% 98th Income share held by highest 10% 24.6% 2021 down 5.7% 88th Income share held by lowest 10% 4.2% 2021 up 2.4% 7th Income share held by lowest 20% 9.7% 2021 up 3.2% 8th Gini index 28.5 2021 down 5.6% 105th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 4.4% 2021 unchanged 118th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 219.90 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2021 up 15.9% 46th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.2% 2021 down 7.0% 85th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0271 2024 down 19.7% 113th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.5468 2020 up 3.4% 38th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.5468 2020 up 3.4% 38th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.0% 2024 unchanged 100th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 11,620 2017 up 44.9% 81st Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 49.3% 2020 up 1.3% 25th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 19.1% 2020 up 5.2% 25th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 29.0% 2015 up 20.3% 47th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 1.4% 2021 down 11.0% 60th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.2848 2021 down 5.7% 102nd Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 1.54 million people 2021 up 10.8% 38th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 1.4% 2021 down 11.0% 60th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 1.4% 2021 down 11.0% 60th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 1.4% 2021 down 11.0% 60th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 30.18 million people 2021 up 41.1% 24th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 1.4% 2021 down 11.0% 60th Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 1.4% 2021 down 11.0% 60th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 570,078 people 2021 up 8.1% 65th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 98.9% 2021 up 0.4% 30th Page 1 of 2 Next →