Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Botswana

63.2% of people in Botswana lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2015.

Measure: Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1985 to 2015 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Botswana is for 2015. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Botswana, 2015 63.2% % of population
Change from 2009 +0.5percentage points 2009: 62.7%
World, 2015 53.5% Official aggregate

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Botswana over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period BotswanaWorld
2024 – 46.2%
2023 – 47.1%
2022 – 48.3%
2021 – 48.7%
2020 – 50.4%
2018 – 50.4%
2017 – 51.5%
2016 – 52.4%
2015 63.2% 53.5%
2014 – 54.7%
2013 – 55.8%
2012 – 57.5%
2011 – 58.8%
2010 – 60.2%
2009 62.7% 61.7%
2008 – 62.5%
2007 – 63.6%
2006 – 65.0%
2005 – 66.2%
2004 – 67.4%
2003 – 68.7%
2002 70.6% 69.3%
2001 – 70.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 62.7% in 2009, a change of +0.5 percentage points.
  • Since 1985, when it was 85.0%, the figure has changed by −21.8 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2015 was 53.5%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.UMIC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1985 to 2015 for Botswana
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform