# Share of population in poverty ($3 a day): Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan (WB)

14.473684132099152% in 2026, the latest year published. Figures for 37 years from 1990 to 2026 are below.

Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.

Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/extreme-poverty) · [All countries and regions](/extreme-poverty).

## Every year

| Year | Value (%) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2026 | 14.473684132099152 |
| 2025 | 14.592035114765167 |
| 2024 | 14.318665862083435 |
| 2023 | 13.877871632575989 |
| 2022 | 13.457147777080536 |
| 2021 | 13.43604177236557 |
| 2020 | 12.603667378425598 |
| 2019 | 11.637239903211594 |
| 2018 | 11.056710034608841 |
| 2017 | 11.057937145233154 |
| 2016 | 11.344018578529358 |
| 2015 | 11.331252008676529 |
| 2014 | 11.492487788200378 |
| 2013 | 11.63100153207779 |
| 2012 | 12.284622341394424 |
| 2011 | 12.973453104496002 |
| 2010 | 13.368234038352966 |
| 2009 | 15.239828824996948 |
| 2008 | 14.690567553043365 |
| 2007 | 16.734862327575684 |
| 2006 | 17.644979059696198 |
| 2005 | 18.839342892169952 |
| 2004 | 19.924938678741455 |
| 2003 | 22.219891846179962 |
| 2002 | 24.16154444217682 |
| 2001 | 24.58716183900833 |
| 2000 | 23.831161856651306 |
| 1999 | 23.397889733314514 |
| 1998 | 23.13917875289917 |
| 1997 | 22.71323800086975 |
| 1996 | 23.10319095849991 |
| 1995 | 25.341510772705078 |
| 1994 | 25.722110271453857 |
| 1993 | 28.32840085029602 |
| 1992 | 28.197962045669556 |
| 1991 | 31.9661945104599 |
| 1990 | 34.22597646713257 |

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