Egypt says third of population lives in poverty

In this Feb. 14, 2017 file photo, a vendor counts his money at a bread stand in the Sayeda Zeinab neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt. A Monday, July 29, 2019 report said one in every three Egyptian citizens was living in poverty in 2018. The country’s statistics agency said 32.5% of Egyptians lived below the poverty line that year, up from 27.8% in 2015 and 16.7% in 2000. Monday’s report was the first on poverty and income since the government secured a $12 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund in 2016. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

CAIRO — A report from Egypt’s statistics agency released Monday said one in every three citizens was living in poverty in 2018.

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