South Africa poverty rate for 2014 was 66.20%, a 0.4% increase from 2010.
South Africa poverty rate for 2010 was 65.80%, a 1.3% decline from 2008.
South Africa poverty rate for 2008 was 67.10%, a 8.4% decline from 2005.
South Africa poverty rate for 2005 was 75.50%, a 3% 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.