South Africa Poverty Rate 1993-2021
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.
- South Africa poverty rate for 2014 was 56.90%, a 0.9% increase from 2010.
- South Africa poverty rate for 2010 was 56.00%, a 1.6% decline from 2008.
- South Africa poverty rate for 2008 was 57.60%, a 10.1% decline from 2005.
- South Africa poverty rate for 2005 was 67.70%, a 2.5% decline from 2000.
| South Africa Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2014 |
56.90% |
0.90% |
| 2010 |
56.00% |
-1.60% |
| 2008 |
57.60% |
-10.10% |
| 2005 |
67.70% |
-2.50% |
| 2000 |
70.20% |
-0.80% |
| 1996 |
71.00% |
4.10% |
| 1993 |
66.90% |
4.10% |
