Poverty & Inequality in Botswana 20 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Botswana. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 63.2% 2015 down 10.5% 32nd Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 35.8% 2015 down 27.2% 25th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 21.4% 2015 down 38.5% 22nd Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 6.5% 2015 down 51.5% 20th Prosperity gap 6.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2015 down 31.9% 25th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 32.1% 2015 down 22.7% 25th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 36.0% 2015 down 11.3% 19th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 12.9% 2015 down 40.6% 22nd Population living in slums 39.6% 2022 down 13.8% 56th Income share held by second 20% 6.7% 2015 up 26.4% 121st Gini index 54.9 2015 down 10.7% 1st Income share held by lowest 20% 3.7% 2015 up 37.0% 117th Income share held by lowest 10% 1.4% 2015 up 40.0% 115th Income share held by highest 10% 42.9% 2015 down 14.2% 1st Income share held by highest 20% 59.9% 2015 down 9.9% 1st Income share held by fourth 20% 19.1% 2015 up 13.7% 119th Income share held by third 20% 10.7% 2015 up 21.6% 121st Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 20.4% 2015 down 7.3% 8th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 21.4% 2015 down 38.6% 22nd Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 16.1% 2015 down 47.4% 41st