Poverty Statistics are compiled using information obtained from household income and expenditure surveys. Data produced are used to provide comprehensive and updated information on incomes, expenditure, poverty datum line and other household characteristics needed for socio-economic planning, monitoring and evaluation processes. Poverty statistics data includes poverty income inequality, consumption patterns, sources of income, proportion and distribution of persons living below poverty datum line, poverty profiles, and distribution of per capita consumption.
Poverty related data has been obtained from conducting household based surveys overtime and the last such survey was conducted in 2009/10. Currently fieldwork for another poverty related survey started in November 2015 and will be concluded in September 2016. Results from that survey are expected in March 2017.
Indicators compiled include:
| BMTHS 2015/16 Poverty Head count Ratio: (%) | |
|---|---|
| National | 16.3 |
| Cities and Towns | 9.4 |
| Urban Villages | 13.4 |
| Rural Areas | 24.2 |
| Number of persons below poverty datum line | |
| National | 503,196 |
| Cities and Towns | 50,901 |
| Urban Villages | 191,935 |
| Rural Areas | 260,360 |
| GINI Coefficient - Consumption (National) | 0.52 |
| SDGs : Proportion of Population below the International poverty line by sex, (National) | 5.8 |
| SDGs : Proportion of Population living below the International poverty line by sex, (National) | 16.3 |
| Vision 2036: Share of population living under the poverty datum line (head count poverty rate) National | 16.3 |
| Prevalence Rates of Food Insecurity by Strata between 2022 and 2023 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strata | Secure to Mild | Moderate | Severe | Moderate or Severe |
| Cities_towns | 66.3 | 21.2 | 12.5 | 33.8 |
| Urban villages | 51.2 | 30.7 | 18.0 | 48.8 |
| Rural areas | 40.2 | 31.4 | 28.4 | 59.9 |
| National | 50.6 | 29.2 | 20.2 | 49.4 |