Highest Poverty in Iraq

Top 90 cities ranked by highest poverty

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All Countries · Iraq

Highest Poverty — Iraq

1 Az Zubayr 02 0.5%

2 Al Fallūjah 01 0.5%

3 Ash Shaţrah 09 0.5%

4 Khānaqīn 10 0.5%

5 Bayjī 18 0.5%

6 Ash Sharqāt 18 0.5%

7 Sāmarrā’ 18 0.5%

8 Al Miqdādīyah 10 0.5%

9 As Samawah 03 0.5%

10 Baqubah 10 0.5%

11 Sīnah 08 0.5%

12 Soran 11 0.5%

13 Ramadi 01 0.5%

14 Kufa 17 0.5%

15 An Nu‘mānīyah 16 0.5%

16 Qal‘at Sukkar 09 0.5%

17 Umm Qaşr 02 0.5%

18 Al Fāw 02 0.5%

19 Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah 06 0.5%

20 Zaxo 08 0.5%

21 Al Hārithah 02 0.5%

22 Al Hindīyah 12 0.5%

23 Hajiawa 05 0.5%

24 Nasiriyah 09 0.5%

25 Baghdad 07 0.5%

26 Al Mawşil al Jadīdah 15 0.5%

27 Al Başrah al Qadīmah 02 0.5%

28 Mosul 15 0.5%

29 Erbil 11 0.5%

30 Basrah 02 0.5%

31 Karbala 12 0.5%

32 Kirkuk 13 0.5%

33 Abū Ghurayb 07 0.5%

34 Sulaymaniyah 05 0.5%

35 Al Ḩayy 16 0.5%

36 Najaf 17 0.5%

37 Al Hillah 06 0.5%

38 Al Maḩmūdīyah 07 0.5%

39 Dihok 08 0.5%

40 Al ‘Amārah 14 0.5%

41 Al Diwaniyah 04 0.5%

42 Al-Kut 16 0.5%

43 Al Qurnah 02 0.5%

44 Al Madīnah 02 0.5%

45 Kelar 05 0.5%

46 Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah 04 0.5%

47 Nāḩīyat Saddat al Hindīyah 06 0.5%

48 Kifrī 10 0.5%

49 Mandalī 10 0.5%

50 Batifa 08 0.5%

51 Baynjiwayn 05 0.5%

52 ‘Anah 01 0.5%

53 Ad Dujayl 18 0.5%

54 Tallkayf 15 0.5%

55 Al Mishkhāb 17 0.5%

56 ‘Aqrah 15 0.5%

57 Ṟuwandiz 11 0.5%

58 Nahiyat Ghammas 04 0.5%

59 Ar Ruţbah 01 0.5%

60 Nāḩiyat al Fuhūd 09 0.5%

61 ‘Anat al Qadīmah 01 0.5%

62 ‘Alī al Gharbī 14 0.5%

63 AlZwya 18 0.5%

64 Barţalah 15 0.5%

65 Begova 08 0.5%

66 Rāwah 01 0.5%

67 Ash Shaykhān 15 0.5%

68 Al ‘Amādīyah 08 0.5%

69 Ar Rumaythah 03 0.5%

70 Aş Şuwayrah 16 0.5%

71 Jamjamāl 05 0.5%

72 Al Qā’im 01 0.5%

73 Simele 08 0.5%

74 Khāliş 10 0.5%

75 Ţūz Khūrmātū 18 0.5%

76 Ash Shāmīyah 04 0.5%

77 Halabja 19 0.5%

78 Al Musayyib 06 0.5%

79 Al-Hamdaniya 15 0.5%

80 Kays Qal‘ah 15 0.5%

81 Koysinceq 11 0.5%

82 Al ‘Azīzīyah 16 0.5%

83 Tikrīt 18 0.5%

84 Balad 18 0.5%

85 Sinjār 15 0.5%

86 al-Qasim 06 0.5%

87 ‘Afak 04 0.5%

88 Hīt 01 0.5%

89 Al Maḩāwīl 06 0.5%

90 Ḩadīthah 01 0.5%

Cities with the highest poverty rates in Iraq face deep economic challenges affecting a significant portion of their population. Az Zubayr has a poverty rate of 0.5%.

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 Az Zubayr, 0.5% of residents — roughly 1 in 100 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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