Botswana: Poverty ratio

The latest value from 2015 is 16.1 percent, a decline from 19.3 percent in 2009. In comparison, the world average is 22.24 percent, based on data from 63 countries. Historically, the average for Botswana from 1985 to 2015 is 31.58 percent. The minimum value, 16.1 percent, was reached in 2015 while the maximum of 59 percent was recorded in 1985. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.