40008180 English 200676 2026-10-09T04:00:00Z Lebanon's most recent source of household-level welfare data remains the 2022-2023 Lebanon Household Survey (LHS), which covered only five of Lebanon's eight governorates. Even before the September 2024 and March 2026 escalations of hostilities, its findings pointed to a marked deterioration in household welfare: poverty incidence had risen from 12 percent in 2011-2012 to 44 percent by 2022-2023, with roughly one in three Lebanese nationals and nearly nine in ten displaced Syrians living below the poverty line. The share of individuals classified as multidimensionally poor rose from 51.1 percent in 2018-2019 to 78.8 percent in 2022-2023. Lebanon Poverty and Equity Brief : October 2026 Lebanon Poverty and Equity Brief : October 2026 099650404212537932 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099650404212537932/null 40008144 English 200650 2026-10-09T04:00:00Z Estimates based on the national poverty measurement methodology show that 33.5 percent of the Egyptian population was poor in 2021. There are significant regional disparities in household welfare and poverty rates. Disparities in non-monetary dimensions in Egypt also lead to inequality of opportunities and limit economic mobility. In addition, the World Bank uses different poverty lines as benchmarks for lower middle income and upper middle-income countries. Egypt’s poverty rate in 2021 is estimated at 7.1 percent based on the US$4.20 per day (2021 Purchasing Power Parity) poverty line for lower middle-income countries. Arab Republic of Egypt Poverty and Equity Brief : October 2026 Arab Republic of Egypt Poverty and Equity Brief : October 2026 099558104212527926 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099558104212527926/null 40008174 English 200670 2026-10-09T04:00:00Z Poverty estimates are based on the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HEIS). In 2018, the Government of Jordan announced a national poverty rate for Jordanians of 15.7 percent based on the 2017-18 HEIS, which emerged after an in-depth redesign of the survey supported by the World Bank. Because of the various improvements, the new estimate is not comparable to the 2010-11 figure of 14.4 percent, and it is not yet reflected in the World Bank central data or in the international poverty measures. Jordan Poverty and Equity Brief : October 2026 Jordan Poverty and Equity Brief : October 2026 099643504212539299 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099643504212539299/null 40008189 English 200684 2026-10-09T04:00:00Z In 2026, the World Bank estimates a poverty rate of 10.4 percent. Poverty remains heavily concentrated in the atolls, where more than 90 percent of the poor live, reflecting weaker labor market outcomes outside the capital. Disadvantaged groups also continue to be excluded from the labor market: the gender gap in labor force participation, for instance, stood above 30 percentage points among working-age adults in 2022. The country's dispersed geography further complicates public service delivery to remote islands, driving up prices outside the capital. Latest estimates show inflation reaching 3.5 percent year-on-year in the atolls, compared with 1.9 percent in Malé. Maldives Poverty and Equity Brief : October 2026 Maldives Poverty and Equity Brief : October 2026 099704204212537380 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099704204212537380/null 40008172 English 200668 2026-10-09T04:00:00Z In 2023-2024, an estimated 17.5 percent of Iraq's population lived below the national poverty line. While representing only a modest decline from 18.9 percent in 2012, it likely understates a significant recovery. Between the two survey rounds in 2012 and 2023-2024, Iraq experienced significant economic shocks with sharp fluctuations in GDP per capita and internal displacement due to the war against ISIS and followed by COVID-19, and, yet no comparable national household survey data were available to track poverty trends during this period. As a result, the headline comparison likely understates the scale of recovery. Poverty remains highly concentrated in the country's southern and more rural governorates, reflecting persistent spatial disparities in living standards. The poverty rate is estimated at 8.6 percent in the Kurdistan Region, 13.5 percent in Baghdad, and 21.5 percent across the remaining federal governorates. Poverty reduction has also been largest in the poorest southern governorates, while Baghdad, which alone accounts for more than one fifth of Iraq’s population, saw unchanged poverty rates. Consumption inequality has been comparatively low and stable over the past decade, with the Gini coefficient remaining close to 30. 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