South Africa
Poverty Ratio ($5.50)
56.9
percent living on less than 5.50 usd a day- South Africa
- Global Median
Source: IMF
Definition of Poverty Ratio ($5.50)
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 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.
