Spatial variation of poverty in Iraq

Abstract

This study is about the spatial change of poverty in Iraq at the governorate level for the years 2007 - 2012 - 2018 - 2020, where the poverty rate in 2007 was about (22.9%) of the total population of Iraq, and in the year 2012 it was about (18.9%) of the total The population of Iraq, as for the year 2018, reached (20%) of the total population of Iraq. As for the year 2020, if the poverty rate in it swallowed (20.7%) of the total population of Iraq, and this change is due to several factors, including the political factor, the economic factor, and the security and educational factors that The researcher studied it and represented it on geographical maps to contrast the distribution of this phenomenon

Keywords: economic poverty, relative poverty, absolute poverty, and poverty line