Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Namibia
17.4% of people in Namibia lived below the national poverty line in 2015.
The latest value for Namibia is for 2015. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Namibia, 2015
17.4%
Change from 2009
−11.3percentage points
Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Namibia over time
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Namibia
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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 | Namibia |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 17.4% |
| 2009 | 28.7% |
| 2003 | 37.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 28.7% in 2009, a change of −11.3 percentage points.
- Since 1993, when it was 69.3%, the figure has changed by −51.9 percentage points.