Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in South Africa
South Africa: Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants was 0.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in South Africa, 2000–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in South Africa stood at 0.0%. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 50.0% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in South Africa peaked at 0.1% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2014.
That places South Africa 117th out of 149 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in South Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0% | — |
| 2001 | 0.1% | +133.3% |
| 2002 | 0.1% | -28.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | -20.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | -50.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | +50.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0% | +33.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0% | -25.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | +33.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | -25.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | -33.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | -50.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | +300.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | -25.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | +33.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | -25.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | -33.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | +50.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | -33.3% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | -50.0% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 0.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0%, 40% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 0.0% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.7%, 1% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in South Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +300.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 117 Azerbaijan 0.0% compare
- 117 Barbados 0.0% compare
- 117 Colombia 0.0% compare
- 117 Costa Rica 0.0% compare
- 117 Croatia 0.0% compare
- 117 Dominican Republic 0.0% compare
- 117 Guyana 0.0% compare
- 117 India 0.0% compare
- 117 Saint Lucia 0.0% compare
- 117 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% compare
- 117 Vietnam 0.0% compare
More poverty & inequality data for South Africa
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.22 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,562 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -20.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 28.13 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 28.1% (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in South Africa?
- Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in South Africa was 0.0% in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 2001.
- What is the lowest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2014.
- How does South Africa rank for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants?
- South Africa ranks 117th out of 149 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by recipient countries (percentage of GNI).