Poverty at $3.65 a day in South Africa in 2022 — 30.2%. Ranked 67 in the world out of 73. Since 1993, the indicator has fallen by 25.8 pp.
1993–2022 · % of population
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 30.2 | — |
| 2014 | 41.7 | — |
| 2010 | 41.2 | — |
| 2008 | 50.1 | — |
| 2005 | 54.9 | — |
| 2000 | 59.3 | — |
| 1993 | 56 | — |
The share of the population whose consumption falls below $3.65 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity. The World Bank keeps three international lines because one does not work for the whole world: extreme poverty at $2.15 has all but disappeared in middle-income countries, and they need a higher line. This one matches the typical national lines of lower-middle-income countries — that is, it answers how many are poor by the standards of countries like them, not how many are destitute.
Important: Measured from consumption or income in household surveys held once every few years, so the years are discontinuous. The line is set in 2017 PPP dollars, not in current ones.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
The share of the population living on less than $2.15 a day at PPP.
Labor Poverty at $6.85 a dayThe share of people living on less than $6.85 a day — the line for upper-middle-income countries.
Labor Poverty at the national lineThe share of the poor by the line a country has set for itself.
Labor Gini indexA measure of income inequality: 0 is complete equality, 100 is maximum inequality.
