Area Database (v4.2.1)

Wealth, Poverty, Assets
% poor households (with IWI value under 70)
Subnational regions
South Africa
All years

% poor households (with IWI value under 70)

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 64.3 63.0 61.8 60.6 59.3 58.1 56.9 55.6 54.4 53.2 51.9 50.7 49.5 48.2 47.0 45.8 44.5 44.1 43.7 43.2 42.8 42.4 41.9 41.5 41.1
Eastern Cape 83.0 81.7 80.4 79.1 77.8 76.5 75.2 73.9 72.6 71.3 70.0 68.7 67.4 66.0 64.7 63.4 62.1 60.7 59.3 57.9 56.5 55.2 53.8 52.4 51.0
Free State 69.0 67.0 64.9 62.8 60.7 58.6 56.6 54.5 52.4 50.3 48.3 46.2 44.1 42.0 40.0 37.9 35.8 33.9 31.9 30.0 28.0 26.1 24.1 22.2 20.3
Gauteng 34.6 34.3 33.9 33.5 33.2 32.8 32.4 32.1 31.7 31.3 31.0 30.6 30.3 29.9 29.5 29.2 28.8 29.7 30.6 31.4 32.3 33.2 34.1 35.0 35.8
KwaZulu Natal 70.6 69.7 68.9 68.0 67.1 66.3 65.4 64.5 63.7 62.8 61.9 61.1 60.2 59.3 58.5 57.6 56.7 54.6 52.4 50.2 48.1 45.9 43.7 41.6 39.4
Mpumalanga 79.3 77.4 75.4 73.5 71.6 69.6 67.7 65.8 63.8 61.9 60.0 58.0 56.1 54.2 52.2 50.3 48.4 50.2 52.1 53.9 55.8 57.6 59.5 61.3 63.2
North West 80.5 78.7 76.9 75.2 73.4 71.7 69.9 68.1 66.4 64.6 62.9 61.1 59.3 57.6 55.8 54.1 52.3 52.6 52.9 53.1 53.4 53.7 54.0 54.3 54.5
Northern Cape 55.8 55.0 54.1 53.3 52.4 51.6 50.8 49.9 49.1 48.2 47.4 46.6 45.7 44.9 44.0 43.2 42.4 40.6 38.9 37.2 35.5 33.8 32.0 30.3 28.6
Northern Province 94.9 93.0 91.1 89.2 87.3 85.5 83.6 81.7 79.8 77.9 76.1 74.2 72.3 70.4 68.5 66.7 64.8 65.5 66.1 66.8 67.5 68.2 68.8 69.5 70.2
Western Cape 26.1 26.1 26.0 25.9 25.8 25.7 25.6 25.5 25.5 25.4 25.3 25.2 25.1 25.0 24.9 24.9 24.8 22.5 20.2 18.0 15.7 13.4 11.2 8.89 6.63
Lighter numbers are estimates