In 2015, poverty rate at national poverty line for Botswana was 16.1 %. Between 2002 and 2015, poverty rate at national poverty line of Botswana was declining at a moderating rate to shrink from 30.6 % in 2002 to 16.1 % in 2015.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.National poverty rate is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.