World Bank · Poverty
South Africa: Multidimensional poverty index
0.03ordinal scale (0-1) · 2016
Proportion of the population that is multidimensionally poor adjusted by the intensity of the deprivations Annual figures for South Africa from 2011 to 2016.
Every year
| Year | Value (ordinal scale (0-1)) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 0.03 | |
| 2011 | 0.03 |
Source
Published by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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World Bank (2026). Multidimensional poverty index. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-multidimensional-poverty-index (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
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