Namibia Poverty Rate

Namibia poverty rate for 2015 was 61.10%, a 15.2% decline from 2009.
  • Namibia poverty rate for 2009 was 76.30%, a 4.1% decline from 2003.
  • Namibia poverty rate for 2003 was 80.40%, a 1.8% decline from 1993.
  • Namibia poverty rate for 1993 was 82.20%, a 82.2% increase from .
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: Namibia Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1993 - 2015.