COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Iraq Poverty Headcount
Iraq poverty headcount: latest available value for 2023, historical series from 2023, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SI.POV.NAHC| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 17,50 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.
Source organization: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines., World Bank (WB), note: Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.
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Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesIraq recorded 17,50 percent in 2023, the latest year available in this series.
Across 1 observations from 2023 to 2023, the average was 17,50; the minimum was 17,50 in 2023 and the maximum was 17,50 in 2023.
Iraq ranks 51 out of 139 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.
It is also below the available average for the Upper middle income group.
Extent of poverty under national definitions.