Poverty & Inequality in Iran 87 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Iran. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys 2025 up 14.3% 16th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 up 2.2% 103rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 up 28.9% 89th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.7 live births per woman 2023 down 11.4% 140th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,420 kg per hectare 2023 up 31.0% 109th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 43.3% 158th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 4.44 % change on previous year 2023 down 23.9% 48th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year 2025 — 77th Gender Inequality Index 0.482 2023 down 11.2% 48th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 29.4% 2023 up 7.7% 22nd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0873 2023 down 13.3% 160th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0873 2023 down 13.3% 160th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1072 2023 down 11.1% 159th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 2.5% 2023 up 31.6% 51st Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.5% 2023 up 25.0% 60th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 7.5% 2023 up 8.7% 50th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 36.0% 2023 down 9.5% 50th Prosperity gap 3.3 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 2.9% 51st Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2752 2023 down 5.0% 78th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 1.7% 2023 up 21.4% 53rd Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 21.8% 2023 up 5.3% 59th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 11.3% 2023 down 3.4% 50th Population living in slums 44.7% 2022 down 15.6% 46th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.643 2023 up 5.9% 74th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.643 2023 up 5.9% 74th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.643 2023 up 5.9% 74th Three metrics of inequality 54.01 2022 down 9.4% 62nd Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.5401 2022 down 9.4% 62nd Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 115.22 2023 down 41.6% 100th Income share held by second 20% 11.7% 2023 down 2.5% 71st Income share held by third 20% 16.0% 2023 down 1.2% 70th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.0% 2023 down 0.9% 72nd Income share held by highest 20% 43.3% 2023 up 3.3% 48th Income share held by highest 10% 28.2% 2023 up 5.6% 49th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.8% 2023 down 9.7% 66th Income share held by lowest 20% 7.0% 2023 down 7.9% 71st Gini index 35.9 2023 up 5.6% 53rd Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 12.6% 2023 up 20.0% 50th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 488.11 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 up 54.3% 38th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.5% 2023 up 37.0% 59th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.5149 2022 down 10.6% 57th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.5149 2022 down 10.6% 57th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.0% 2024 — 129th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 17,687 2017 up 34.9% 60th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 45.6% 2022 down 8.8% 46th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 15.7% 2022 down 15.0% 49th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 2.5% 2023 up 30.8% 50th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3588 2023 up 5.6% 49th Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 2.26 million people 2023 up 47.3% 32nd Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 2.5% 2023 up 30.8% 50th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 2.5% 2023 up 30.8% 50th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 2.5% 2023 up 30.8% 50th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 46.53 million people 2023 up 22.3% 18th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 2.5% 2023 up 30.8% 50th Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 2.5% 2023 up 30.8% 50th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 1.79 million people 2023 up 44.2% 41st Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 95.4% 2023 down 0.8% 41st Share of population living in extreme poverty 2.5% 2023 up 30.8% 50th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 36.0% 2023 down 9.4% 48th Number of people living in extreme poverty 88.57 million people 2023 up 11.9% 15th Page 1 of 2 Next →