Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Eswatini
53.5% of people in Eswatini lived below the national poverty line in 2023.
Eswatini, 2023
53.5%
Change from 2016
−5.4percentage points
Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Eswatini over time
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Eswatini
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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Eswatini |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 53.5% |
| 2016 | 58.9% |
| 2009 | 63.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 58.9% in 2016, a change of −5.4 percentage points.
- Since 2000, when it was 69.0%, the figure has changed by −15.5 percentage points.