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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: South Africa Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1993 - 2014.