Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Botswana
Botswana: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 93.2% in 2015. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Botswana, 1985–2015
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Botswana is 93.2%, measured in 2015.
The figure is up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Botswana peaked at 98.4% in 1985 and was at its lowest, 93.0%, in 2002.
Botswana ranks 49th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 98.4% | 98.4% | 98.4% | 1 |
| 1990s | 97.3% | 97.3% | 97.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 93.2% | 93.0% | 93.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 93.2% | 93.2% | 93.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
More poverty & inequality data for Botswana
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.73 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 900.4 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 22.8% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.49 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 36.0% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1469 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1469 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1641 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.4548 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Botswana?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Botswana was 93.2% in 2015, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 98.4% in 1985.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.0% in 2002.
- How does Botswana rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Botswana ranks 49th out of 120 countries with data for 2015.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.