Namibia Poverty Rate 2003-2025

Namibia poverty rate for 2015 was 57.30%, a 16% decline from 2009.
  • Namibia poverty rate for 2009 was 73.30%, a 4.7% decline from 2003.
  • Namibia poverty rate for 2003 was 78.00%, a 78% increase from .
  • Namibia poverty rate for was 0.00%, a 0% increase from .
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.
Country Rankings
Country Name Percent Under US 5.50 Per Day
Togo 94.20%
Benin 91.80%
Zambia 91.00%
Ethiopia 90.90%
Nigeria 89.50%
India 88.90%
Kenya 85.70%
Pakistan 83.80%
Gambia 81.20%
Indonesia 76.90%
Kyrgyz Republic 73.80%
Myanmar 72.80%
Tajikistan 66.40%
Egypt 64.50%
Botswana 63.50%
Philippines 60.10%
Namibia 57.30%
Georgia 56.20%
Honduras 53.20%
Cabo Verde 50.90%
Tonga 47.90%
Armenia 46.70%
El Salvador 40.20%
China 37.70%
Kosovo 35.70%
Colombia 34.60%
Peru 32.70%
Dominican Republic 30.40%
Ecuador 28.80%
North Macedonia 28.80%
Romania 27.40%
Serbia 27.20%
Albania 25.40%
Brazil 25.30%
Iran 23.00%
Paraguay 22.60%
Montenegro 21.30%
Bolivia 20.50%
Tunisia 17.90%
Moldova 17.70%
Kazakhstan 17.20%
Panama 15.40%
Ukraine 15.00%
Costa Rica 14.80%
Thailand 14.60%
Bulgaria 14.10%
Chile 9.70%
St. Lucia 8.40%
Greece 7.80%
Uruguay 6.00%
Croatia 5.80%
Israel 5.00%
Latvia 4.90%
Lithuania 4.80%
Malaysia 4.80%
Slovak Republic 4.30%
Belarus 4.10%
Italy 3.90%
Hungary 3.90%
Portugal 3.60%
Spain 3.50%
Poland 3.40%
Russia 3.40%
Estonia 2.30%
United States 2.20%
Sweden 1.10%
Canada 1.00%
Austria 1.00%
Ireland 0.80%
United Kingdom 0.70%
Luxembourg 0.70%
Netherlands 0.40%
Denmark 0.40%
Czech Republic 0.40%
Norway 0.40%
Slovenia 0.30%
Malta 0.30%
France 0.30%
Belgium 0.20%
Germany 0.20%
Finland 0.20%
Iceland 0.10%
Switzerland 0.10%
Cyprus 0.10%