Extreme Poverty Ratio ($1.80)

Middle East Ranking

percent living on less than 1.90 usd a daySource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Yemen	18.3	2014	1	9.4
2 ↑	Iraq	1.7	2012	3	1.5
3 ↓	Syria	0.9	2003	2	2.1
4	Iran	0.6	2019	4	0.5
5 ↑	Turkey	0.4	2019	7	0
6 ↓	Israel	0.2	2018	4	0.5
7 ↓	Jordan	0.1	2010	6	0.1
8 ↓	Lebanon	0	2011	7
8 ↓	United Arab Emirates	0	2018	7	0

Definition of Extreme Poverty Ratio ($1.80)

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.