South Africa Poverty Rate 1993-2025

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.
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.

Percent Under US 5.50 Per Day

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Annual Change

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