Eswatini Poverty Rate 1994-2024
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 78.10%, a 9.1% decline from 2009.
- Eswatini poverty rate for 2009 was 87.20%, a 2.3% decline from 2000.
- Eswatini poverty rate for 2000 was 89.50%, a 8.3% decline from 1994.
- Eswatini poverty rate for 1994 was 97.80%, a 97.8% increase from .
| Eswatini Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2016 |
78.10% |
-9.10% |
| 2009 |
87.20% |
-2.30% |
| 2000 |
89.50% |
-8.30% |
| 1994 |
97.80% |
-8.30% |
