Botswana Poverty Rate 1985-2023
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 59.10%, a 3.3% increase from 2009.
- Botswana poverty rate for 2009 was 55.80%, a 9.5% decline from 2002.
- Botswana poverty rate for 2002 was 65.30%, a 9.4% decline from 1993.
- Botswana poverty rate for 1993 was 74.70%, a 5.9% decline from 1985.
| Botswana Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2015 |
59.10% |
3.30% |
| 2009 |
55.80% |
-9.50% |
| 2002 |
65.30% |
-9.40% |
| 1993 |
74.70% |
-5.90% |
| 1985 |
80.60% |
-5.90% |
