Poorer households in South Africa

15.3%

% of homes with a wealth score under 50 · 2019

27th highest of 57 countries

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Nearby in the ranking

  1. Senegal 34.0%
  2. India 31.2%
  3. Pakistan 23.3%
  4. South Africa 15.3%
  5. Honduras 15.0%
  6. Laos 13.8%
  7. Mongolia 11.0%

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About the data

Unit
% of homes with a wealth score under 50
Years
1992–2023
Data as of
2026-09-28
Source
Global Data Lab
License
Free for non-commercial use with credit; commercial use needs written permission from the Global Data Lab
Credit
Data retrieved from the Wealth database of the Global Data Lab (v2.1), https://globaldatalab.org/wealth/