Area Database (v4.4.1)

Wealth, Poverty, Assets
% poor households (with IWI value under 70)
Subnational regions
Egypt, Arab Rep.
All years

% poor households (with IWI value under 70)

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Egypt, Arab Rep. (Africa)  
Total 39.0 38.1 37.2 36.4 35.5 34.6 33.7 32.8 31.9 28.5 25.0 21.6 18.2 14.7 13.4 12.2 10.9 9.89 8.89 7.90 6.91 5.91 4.92 3.93 2.93 1.94
Alexandria 14.4 13.9 13.4 12.9 12.5 12.0 11.5 11.0 10.5 9.01 7.48 5.96 4.43 2.91 2.59 2.27 1.95 1.78 1.60 1.43 1.25 1.08 0.90 0.73 0.55 0.38
Assuit 65.9 64.4 62.8 61.3 59.8 58.3 56.8 55.3 53.8 45.5 37.2 29.0 20.7 12.5 16.7 20.9 25.1 23.1 21.0 19.0 16.9 14.9 12.9 10.8 8.77 6.73
Aswan 28.0 28.2 28.5 28.7 29.0 29.2 29.5 29.7 30.0 25.9 21.7 17.6 13.5 9.41 8.22 7.02 5.83 5.80 5.77 5.74 5.70 5.67 5.64 5.61 5.58 5.55
Behera 49.6 49.8 49.9 50.0 50.1 50.2 50.4 50.5 50.6 43.9 37.3 30.6 23.9 17.3 14.1 11.0 7.84 7.13 6.41 5.70 4.98 4.27 3.55 2.84 2.12 1.41
Beni Suef 74.9 74.1 73.2 72.4 71.5 70.7 69.8 69.0 68.1 61.3 54.5 47.7 40.9 34.1 34.1 34.1 34.1 29.2 24.3 19.4 14.5 9.53 4.61 3.08 1.54 0.01
Cairo 8.55 8.37 8.20 8.03 7.86 7.69 7.51 7.34 7.17 6.53 5.90 5.26 4.63 3.99 3.58 3.17 2.76 2.60 2.44 2.29 2.13 1.97 1.81 1.65 1.49 1.34
Dakahlia 34.8 33.0 31.3 29.5 27.7 25.9 24.2 22.4 20.6 18.2 15.8 13.4 11.0 8.55 7.96 7.37 6.78 6.22 5.66 5.10 4.53 3.97 3.41 2.85 2.29 1.73
Damietta 23.0 22.0 20.9 19.9 18.8 17.8 16.8 15.7 14.7 13.0 11.2 9.48 7.74 6.00 4.24 2.49 0.73 0.71 0.68 0.66 0.63 0.61 0.58 0.56 0.53 0.51
Fayoum 73.7 71.5 69.2 67.0 64.8 62.5 60.3 58.0 55.8 53.1 50.4 47.8 45.1 42.4 37.2 32.0 26.7 23.6 20.5 17.4 14.2 11.1 7.99 5.33 2.67 0.01
Frontier governorates (Red Sea, New Valley, Matroh, North Sainai, South Sainai) 23.3 23.8 24.3 24.8 25.3 25.8 26.3 26.8 27.3 25.0 22.7 20.4 18.2 15.9 15.6 15.3 15.1 13.6 12.1 10.6 9.12 7.63 6.14 4.65 3.16 1.67
Gharbia 48.0 45.1 42.2 39.3 36.4 33.5 30.6 27.7 24.8 20.6 16.3 12.1 7.84 3.59 3.31 3.04 2.76 2.95 3.14 3.33 3.51 3.70 3.89 4.08 4.27 4.46
Giza 29.9 28.5 27.1 25.7 24.3 22.9 21.5 20.0 18.6 17.8 16.9 16.1 15.2 14.4 12.9 11.3 9.83 8.75 7.68 6.60 5.52 4.45 3.37 2.29 1.22 0.14
Ismailia 19.5 19.1 18.7 18.3 18.0 17.6 17.2 16.8 16.5 14.2 12.0 9.73 7.49 5.25 5.60 5.95 6.30 5.71 5.13 4.54 3.95 3.37 2.78 2.19 1.61 1.02
Kafr El-Sheikh 66.5 63.1 59.6 56.2 52.8 49.4 46.0 42.5 39.1 33.4 27.6 21.9 16.2 10.4 10.9 11.4 11.9 10.3 8.63 6.98 5.33 3.67 2.02 1.35 0.68 0.01
Kalyubia 35.1 33.6 32.1 30.7 29.2 27.7 26.2 24.7 23.2 20.4 17.6 14.8 11.9 9.14 7.15 5.15 3.16 3.60 4.04 4.48 4.92 5.36 5.80 6.24 6.68 7.12
Menoufia 50.1 48.7 47.2 45.8 44.3 42.9 41.5 40.0 38.6 32.2 25.8 19.5 13.1 6.75 6.83 6.91 6.99 6.40 5.80 5.21 4.61 4.02 3.42 2.83 2.23 1.64
Menya 71.9 71.3 70.6 70.0 69.4 68.7 68.1 67.4 66.8 63.5 60.3 57.1 53.9 50.6 46.4 42.1 37.9 33.4 28.9 24.5 20.0 15.5 11.0 7.35 3.68 0.01
Port Said 7.48 7.31 7.14 6.97 6.80 6.63 6.46 6.29 6.12 5.45 4.78 4.11 3.44 2.77 2.26 1.74 1.23 1.16 1.08 1.01 0.93 0.86 0.78 0.71 0.63 0.56
Qena 66.8 64.9 62.9 60.9 59.0 57.0 55.0 53.1 51.1 45.7 40.3 34.9 29.5 24.1 22.8 21.5 20.1 18.2 16.2 14.3 12.3 10.4 8.44 6.49 4.54 2.59
Sharkia 45.4 46.0 46.6 47.2 47.8 48.4 48.9 49.5 50.1 43.4 36.7 29.9 23.2 16.5 15.2 13.9 12.6 11.2 9.82 8.43 7.04 5.66 4.27 2.88 1.50 0.11
Souhag 63.4 62.3 61.3 60.2 59.1 58.0 56.9 55.8 54.8 49.5 44.3 39.1 33.9 28.6 25.2 21.7 18.2 17.4 16.6 15.8 15.0 14.2 13.4 12.6 11.8 11.0
Suez 8.52 8.01 7.51 7.01 6.51 6.01 5.50 5.00 4.50 4.09 3.68 3.28 2.87 2.46 1.84 1.23 0.61 0.59 0.57 0.55 0.53 0.51 0.49 0.47 0.45 0.43
Lighter numbers are estimates