Eswatini Poverty Rate 1994-2021
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Eswatini poverty rate for 2016 was 72.00%, a 10.3% decline from 2009.
- Eswatini poverty rate for 2009 was 82.30%, a 3.1% decline from 2000.
- Eswatini poverty rate for 2000 was 85.40%, a 11.7% decline from 1994.
- Eswatini poverty rate for 1994 was 97.10%, a 97.1% increase from .
| Eswatini Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2016 |
72.00% |
-10.30% |
| 2009 |
82.30% |
-3.10% |
| 2000 |
85.40% |
-11.70% |
| 1994 |
97.10% |
-11.70% |
