Sub-Saharan Africa Poverty Rate 1990-2024
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.
- Sub-Saharan Africa poverty rate for 2019 was 87.30%, a 0% increase from 2018.
- Sub-Saharan Africa poverty rate for 2018 was 87.30%, a 0.1% decline from 2017.
- Sub-Saharan Africa poverty rate for 2017 was 87.40%, a 0.1% decline from 2016.
- Sub-Saharan Africa poverty rate for 2016 was 87.50%, a 0% increase from 2015.
| Sub-Saharan Africa Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2019 |
87.30% |
0.00% |
| 2018 |
87.30% |
-0.10% |
| 2017 |
87.40% |
-0.10% |
| 2016 |
87.50% |
0.00% |
| 2015 |
87.50% |
-0.20% |
| 2014 |
87.70% |
-0.40% |
| 2013 |
88.10% |
-0.30% |
| 2012 |
88.40% |
-0.30% |
| 2011 |
88.70% |
-0.20% |
| 2010 |
88.90% |
-0.50% |
| 2009 |
89.40% |
-0.10% |
| 2008 |
89.50% |
-0.50% |
| 2007 |
90.00% |
-0.30% |
| 2006 |
90.30% |
-0.70% |
| 2005 |
91.00% |
-0.30% |
| 2004 |
91.30% |
-0.40% |
| 2003 |
91.70% |
0.10% |
| 2002 |
91.60% |
0.00% |
| 2001 |
91.60% |
0.00% |
| 2000 |
91.60% |
0.10% |
| 1999 |
91.50% |
0.20% |
| 1998 |
91.30% |
0.20% |
| 1997 |
91.10% |
-0.10% |
| 1996 |
91.20% |
-0.20% |
| 1995 |
91.40% |
-0.20% |
| 1994 |
91.60% |
0.10% |
| 1993 |
91.50% |
0.70% |
| 1992 |
90.80% |
0.40% |
| 1991 |
90.40% |
0.30% |
| 1990 |
90.10% |
0.30% |
