Share of people living in extreme poverty in Southern Africa 2025, by country

Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 3, 2025

In 2025, 70 percent of the population in Mozambique lived in extreme poverty (with less than 2.15 U.S. dollars a day), the highest score recorded in the Southern African region. Conversely, Botswana registered the lowest share, with 13 percent of its population living in destitute conditions.

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Share of people living in extreme poverty in Southern Africa in 2025, by country

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January 2025

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Africa

Survey time period

2025

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poverty line at 2.15 U.S. dollars per day

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Eswatini was formerly known as Swaziland.

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