Poverty line and headcount

Current value

No figure of ours is published yet. The value is released with its full methodology - and with the response rate, however uncomfortable.

Comparative reference

References we measure against: Syrian Center for Policy Research - no nationally representative figure with a published methodology exists, so our first wave sets the baseline.

Context figure

Lower poverty line SYP 4.47m per month, upper line SYP 6.17m
Syrian Center for Policy Research - Oct 2025 - source

A context figure, not a comparable reference: The World Bank projects extreme poverty at 37.4% for 2025; no recent survey-based headcount is published.

Indicator sheet

Definition	Value of the poverty line and the share of the population below it
Unit	% of population
Domain	Economic
Module	Fixed core - asked in every wave
Cadence	Monthly
Standards	ISO 20252
Methodological reference	Syrian Center for Policy Research

Methodology

This indicator is part of the Syrian Barometer: twenty national indicators with a methodology published before the number - the sampling frame, the sample table, the response rate and the field-safety protocol. Every correction is recorded in the public corrections log. The full protocol is deposited with a permanent identifier: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22559474.

All indicators

Country direction - Trust in institutions - Citizen priorities - Perceived safety - Cost of a living basket - Perceived unemployment - Intention to return among the displaced - Trust in the media - Electoral interest and intention to participate - Satisfaction with services - Assessment of the reconstruction path - Transitional justice - Perceived freedom of expression - Experience of informal payment - Intention to leave - The missing - Civil documents and legal identity - Psychological distress - Impact of explosive remnants on movement