Population below $3.1 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.1 a day at 2005 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.
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 35.80 | ||||||
| Lesotho | 56.80 | ||||||
| Namibia | 35.00 | ||||||
| South Africa | 59.30 | 56.20 | 42.80 | 44.50 | |||
| इस्वातिनी | 76.70 | 58.30 |