Highest Poverty in Egypt

Top 100 cities ranked by highest poverty

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All Countries · Egypt

Highest Poverty — Egypt

1 Mīt Salsīl 01 1.4%

2 Disūq 21 1.4%

3 Diyarb Najm 14 1.4%

4 Dumyāţ al Jadīdah 20 1.4%

5 Edfu 16 1.4%

6 El Dabaa 22 1.4%

7 El Gouna 02 1.4%

8 El Shorouk 11 1.4%

9 El-Tor 26 1.4%

10 Esna 23 1.4%

11 Fāqūs 14 1.4%

12 Fāraskūr 20 1.4%

13 Farshūţ 23 1.4%

14 Fāyīd 07 1.4%

15 Fuwwah 21 1.4%

16 Girga 24 1.4%

17 Giza 08 1.4%

18 Ḩadā’iq al Qubbah 11 1.4%

19 Ḩalwān 11 1.4%

20 Ḩawsh ‘Īsá 03 1.4%

21 Hihyā 14 1.4%

22 Hurghada 02 1.4%

23 Ibshawāy 04 1.4%

24 Idkū 03 1.4%

25 Ihnāsīyah 18 1.4%

26 Ismailia 07 1.4%

27 Ītāy al Bārūd 03 1.4%

28 Iţsā 04 1.4%

29 ‘Izbat al Burj 01 1.4%

30 ‘Izbat ‘Alī as Sayyid 03 1.4%

31 Jarājūs 23 1.4%

32 Juhaynah 24 1.4%

33 Kafr ad Dawwār 03 1.4%

34 Kafr al Baţţīkh 20 1.4%

35 Kafr al Kurdī 01 1.4%

36 Kafr ash Shaykh 21 1.4%

37 Kafr az Zayyāt 05 1.4%

38 Kafr Sa‘d 20 1.4%

39 Kafr Şaqr 14 1.4%

40 Kafr Shukr 09 1.4%

41 Kawm Ḩamādah 03 1.4%

42 Kirdāsah 08 1.4%

43 Kom Ombo 16 1.4%

44 Luxor 28 1.4%

45 Madīnat an Naşr 11 1.4%

46 Madīnat as Sādāt 03 1.4%

47 Madīnat Wādī an Naţrūn 03 1.4%

48 Maghāghah 10 1.4%

49 Maḩallat Damanah 01 1.4%

50 Mallawī 10 1.4%

51 Manfalūţ 17 1.4%

52 Manshīyat al Qanāţir 08 1.4%

53 Marsa Alam 02 1.4%

54 Marsá Maţrūḩ 22 1.4%

55 Mashtūl as Sūq 14 1.4%

56 Maţāy 10 1.4%

57 Minya 10 1.4%

58 Minyā al Qamḩ 14 1.4%

59 Minyat an Naşr 01 1.4%

60 Mīt Abū Ghālib 20 1.4%

61 Mīt Ghamr 01 1.4%

62 Sharm el-Sheikh 26 1.4%

63 Zefta 05 1.4%

64 Zagazig 14 1.4%

65 Zaafarana 02 1.4%

66 Yūsuf aṣ-Ṣiddīq 04 1.4%

67 Ţūkh 12 1.4%

68 Ţūd 28 1.4%

69 Timayy al Imdīd 01 1.4%

70 Ţimā 24 1.4%

71 Tanta 05 1.4%

72 Ţāmiyah 04 1.4%

73 Ţalkhā 01 1.4%

74 Talā 09 1.4%

75 Ţahţā 24 1.4%

76 Sumusţā as Sulţānī 18 1.4%

77 Sumusţā al Waqf 18 1.4%

78 Suez 15 1.4%

79 Sohag 24 1.4%

80 Sīwah 22 1.4%

81 Sirs al Layyānah 09 1.4%

82 Sinnūris 04 1.4%

83 Sīdī Sālim 21 1.4%

84 Sīdī Ghāzī 21 1.4%

85 Sīdī Barānī 22 1.4%

86 Şidfā 17 1.4%

87 Shubrākhīt 03 1.4%

88 Shubrā al Khaymah 12 1.4%

89 Shirbīn 01 1.4%

90 Shibīn al Qanāţir 12 1.4%

91 Shibīn al Kawm 09 1.4%

92 Naqādah 23 1.4%

93 Qillīn 21 1.4%

94 Qifţ 23 1.4%

95 Qalyub 12 1.4%

96 Qahā 12 1.4%

97 Port Said 19 1.4%

98 New Cairo 11 1.4%

99 New Bani Sewif City 18 1.4%

100 Munūf 09 1.4%

Cities with the highest poverty rates in Egypt face deep economic challenges affecting a significant portion of their population. Mīt Salsīl has a poverty rate of 1.4%.

High poverty rates impact communities in multiple ways: reduced access to healthcare and healthy food, lower educational outcomes, higher crime rates, and deteriorating infrastructure. These challenges are interconnected and require comprehensive solutions.

Addressing poverty in these cities requires a multi-pronged approach including economic development, affordable housing, quality education, healthcare access, and workforce training programs targeting underserved populations.

Did You Know?

1. In Mīt Salsīl, 1.4% of residents — roughly 1 in 71 people — live below the poverty line.
2. Child poverty rates in these cities are often even higher than the overall rate, sometimes exceeding 40%.
3. Poverty is measured by household income relative to family size — the threshold varies from $15,060 for an individual to $31,200 for a family of four.

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