Botswana poverty rate for 2015 was 63.20%, a 0.5% increase from 2009.
Botswana poverty rate for 2009 was 62.70%, a 7.9% decline from 2002.
Botswana poverty rate for 2002 was 70.60%, a 9.5% decline from 1993.
Botswana poverty rate for 1993 was 80.10%, a 4.9% decline from 1985.
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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Botswana Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1985 - 2015.