Area Database (v4.2.1)

Wealth, Poverty, Assets
% poorer households (with IWI value under 50)
Subnational regions
South Africa
All years

% poorer households (with IWI value under 50)

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
South Africa (Africa)  
Total 49.8 48.1 46.5 44.8 43.1 41.5 39.8 38.1 36.5 34.8 33.1 31.5 29.8 28.1 26.5 24.8 23.1 22.2 21.2 20.2 19.2 18.2 17.2 16.3 15.3
Eastern Cape 75.1 73.1 71.0 68.9 66.8 64.8 62.7 60.6 58.5 56.5 54.4 52.3 50.2 48.1 46.1 44.0 41.9 39.9 37.8 35.7 33.6 31.6 29.5 27.4 25.4
Free State 49.6 47.5 45.4 43.3 41.2 39.1 37.0 34.9 32.8 30.7 28.6 26.5 24.4 22.3 20.2 18.1 16.0 14.6 13.1 11.7 10.2 8.76 7.31 5.86 4.42
Gauteng 17.2 16.9 16.6 16.3 16.0 15.7 15.4 15.1 14.9 14.6 14.3 14.0 13.7 13.4 13.1 12.8 12.5 13.1 13.7 14.3 14.9 15.5 16.2 16.8 17.4
KwaZulu Natal 61.3 59.5 57.7 56.0 54.2 52.5 50.7 49.0 47.2 45.5 43.7 42.0 40.2 38.5 36.7 34.9 33.2 30.6 28.1 25.5 23.0 20.5 17.9 15.4 12.8
Mpumalanga 53.5 51.5 49.6 47.6 45.7 43.7 41.8 39.8 37.8 35.9 33.9 32.0 30.0 28.1 26.1 24.1 22.2 22.7 23.3 23.8 24.4 24.9 25.5 26.0 26.6
North West 62.7 60.4 58.1 55.8 53.4 51.1 48.8 46.5 44.2 41.9 39.6 37.3 35.0 32.7 30.4 28.1 25.8 25.0 24.2 23.4 22.6 21.8 21.0 20.2 19.4
Northern Cape 32.9 32.4 31.8 31.2 30.7 30.1 29.5 29.0 28.4 27.8 27.3 26.7 26.2 25.6 25.0 24.5 23.9 21.7 19.4 17.2 15.0 12.7 10.5 8.25 6.02
Northern Province 87.1 83.5 79.8 76.2 72.5 68.8 65.2 61.5 57.8 54.2 50.5 46.8 43.2 39.5 35.8 32.2 28.5 26.9 25.3 23.7 22.0 20.4 18.8 17.2 15.6
Western Cape 6.82 7.11 7.39 7.68 7.97 8.25 8.54 8.82 9.11 9.40 9.68 9.97 10.3 10.5 10.8 11.1 11.4 9.77 8.13 6.50 4.86 3.23 2.16 1.08 0.01
Lighter numbers are estimates