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Table 10: Income Poverty vs. Capability Poverty (1996)
Income Poverty Capability Poverty
% of All Egypt Population 23 34
% in Rural Egypt 23 43
% in Urban Egypt 22.5 21
Source: EHDR (1996)
Table 11: Deprivation Index and Poverty Index by Governorates
Deprivation Index Poverty Index
Rank of deprivationpoverty
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Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural
Cairo 17.18 n.a. 28.27 n.a. 3 n.a.
Alexandria 20.17 n.a. 51.13 n.a. 8 n.a.
Port Said 11.84 n.a. 10.85 n.a. -1 n.a.
Suez 9.20 n.a. 9.71 n.a. 0 n.a.
Damietta 18.43 25.34 18.45 4.65 -5 -14
Dakhlia 19.06 43.35 38.92 34.17 5 -11
Sharkia 17.24 71.68 49.14 42.55 11 -15
Qalubia 20.62 52.39 65.74 50.61 15 -7
Kafr Elsheikh 17.34 56.44 37.25 29.88 5 -17
Garbia 10.73 52.25 38.53 26.66 11 -18
Menofia 25.42 60.39 53.12 47.78 6 -12
Behera 25.29 74.87 64.87 54.49 13 -9
Ismailia 13.24 59.35 26.12 19.81 3 -23
Giza 19.76 65.25 37.01 26.35 1 -24
Beni Suef 45.96 99.18 62.01 64.27 2 -11
Fayoum 26.23 100 60.70 68.41 7 -6
Menia 40.88 98.19 78.98 66.84 15 -7
Assuit 47.07 95.88 78.56 81.72 11 2
Sohag 30.07 85.66 88.71 68.09 19 -3
Qena 29.41 87.34 68.41 69.01 13 -1
Aswan 7.613 36.02 69.62 52.53 33 1
Source: El-Laity, Heba (2001)
26 The rank is according to the Headcount Index P0 and the Deprivation Index, such that lower rank indicates more
poverty or deprivation.