South Africa Poverty Rate 1993-2024
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.
- South Africa poverty rate for 2014 was 61.60%, a 0.7% increase from 2010.
- South Africa poverty rate for 2010 was 60.90%, a 1.5% decline from 2008.
- South Africa poverty rate for 2008 was 62.40%, a 9.4% decline from 2005.
- South Africa poverty rate for 2005 was 71.80%, a 2.5% decline from 2000.
| South Africa Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2014 |
61.60% |
0.70% |
| 2010 |
60.90% |
-1.50% |
| 2008 |
62.40% |
-9.40% |
| 2005 |
71.80% |
-2.50% |
| 2000 |
74.30% |
3.20% |
| 1993 |
71.10% |
3.20% |
