South Africa
Poverty Ratio
18.7
percent living on less than 1.90 usd a day- South Africa
- Global Median
Source: IMF
Definition of Poverty Ratio
Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 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.
