{"id":19059,"date":"2025-12-11T09:33:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T07:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=19059"},"modified":"2025-12-11T09:33:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T07:33:16","slug":"poverty-trends-in-south-africa-an-examination-of-absolute-poverty-between-2006-and-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=19059","title":{"rendered":"Poverty Trends in South Africa: An examination of absolute poverty between 2006 and 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MEDIA ADVISORY\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>08 December 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Statistics South Africa will release the latest <em>Poverty Trends in South Africa<\/em> report, which highlights shifts in poverty levels and provides insights by race, gender, household composition, and province, among other indicators\u2014the Poverty Trends Report analysed money-metric poverty levels between 2006 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The release will also include the joint Stats SA\u2013World Bank technical report on the rebasing of the national poverty lines, as well as the publishing of the IES 2022\/23 data files and metadata.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details of the press briefing are as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> Thursday, 11 December 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue: <\/strong>Statistics South Africa building (ISIbalo House), Koch Street, Salvokop, Pretoria<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 10h00<\/p>\n<p><strong>Virtual <\/strong><strong>Link<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/meet\/34845572111453?p=iXjYqkjJRYwOHoS4Sn\">Press Conference, Poverty Trends Report in South Africa | Meeting-Join | Microsoft Teams<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>For RSVP and media enquires contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sivuyile Mangxamba-<strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:SivuyileMA@statssa.gov.za\">SivuyileMA@statssa.gov.za<\/a> <strong>Cell<\/strong>: 082 888 2372<\/p>\n<p>Felicia Sithole &#8211; <strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:FeliciaS@statssa.gov.za\">FeliciaS@statssa.gov.za<\/a> <strong>Cell:<\/strong> 076 430 0693<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Issued by Statistics South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow us on social media: Facebook<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StatsSA\">Stats SA<\/a>; <strong>X<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StatsSA\">@StatsSA<\/a>; <strong>LinkedIn<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/statssa\/?viewAsMember=true\">Statistics South Africa<\/a>; <strong>YouTube<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TheStatisticsSA\">TheStatisticsSA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEDIA ADVISORY\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 08 December 2025 Statistics South Africa will release the latest Poverty Trends in South Africa report, which highlights shifts in poverty levels and provides insights by race, gender, household composition, and province, among other indicators\u2014the Poverty Trends Report analysed money-metric poverty levels between 2006 and 2023. 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