Botswana Poverty Rate 1985-2024
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.
- Botswana poverty rate for 2015 was 63.50%, a 3.1% increase from 2009.
- Botswana poverty rate for 2009 was 60.40%, a 8.2% decline from 2002.
- Botswana poverty rate for 2002 was 68.60%, a 9.7% decline from 1993.
- Botswana poverty rate for 1993 was 78.30%, a 5.3% decline from 1985.
| Botswana Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2015 |
63.50% |
3.10% |
| 2009 |
60.40% |
-8.20% |
| 2002 |
68.60% |
-9.70% |
| 1993 |
78.30% |
-5.30% |
| 1985 |
83.60% |
-5.30% |
