Eswatini Poverty Rate

Eswatini poverty rate for 2016 was 79.30%, a 8.8% decline from 2009.
  • Eswatini poverty rate for 2009 was 88.10%, a 2.3% decline from 2000.
  • Eswatini poverty rate for 2000 was 90.40%, a 7.6% decline from 1994.
  • Eswatini poverty rate for 1994 was 98.00%, a 98% 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: Eswatini Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1994 - 2016.