Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Botswana
16.1% of people in Botswana lived below the national poverty line in 2015.
The latest value for Botswana is for 2015. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Botswana, 2015
16.1%
Change from 2009
−3.2percentage points
Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Botswana over time
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Botswana
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Botswana |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 16.1% |
| 2009 | 19.3% |
| 2002 | 30.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 19.3% in 2009, a change of −3.2 percentage points.
- Since 1985, when it was 59.0%, the figure has changed by −42.9 percentage points.