Severe lived poverty is surging in many African homes, new Afrobarometer Pan-Africa Profile shows
The share of Africans continues to increase without basic necessities of life, the latest African-American counter (www.afrobarometer.org) Pan-Africa profile (https://apo-opa.co/40ywup7)show.
The proportion of living under severe material deprivation has risen to the highest average in the past 25 years. Most countries surveyed by African shooters have lost the benefits of poverty they have achieved in half of the first decade and a half of the 21st century.
Based on data from 39 African countries surveyed in 2021/2023, the report also suggests that increased corruption may play a role in reviving living poverty, although further research is needed to identify the factors driving this trend.
Key Discovery
- Most people reported no cash income (81%), medical or health care (66%) and adequate food (59%), clean water (57%) and cooking fuel (51%) at least in the previous year (Figure 1).
- About three quarters or more of the respondents in the average survey in 30 countries since 2011/2013 reported that since 2014/2015, they had no cash income in the previous year, at least not Cash income (7%) (Figure 2).
- Deprivation also showed an average increase in the other four basic necessities: “useless” health care points increased by 15 points, food 13 points, cooking fuel 12 points and cleaning point water 9 points compared to 2014/2015.
- Severe poverty rates, or the experience of frequent use of essential essentials, have also risen to new highs, affecting 24% of citizens (Figure 3).
- Poverty varies greatly throughout the continent in terms of intensity and trajectory poverty. For example, in the past decade, severe losses have been caused by Liberia, Burkina Faso, Togo, Gabon and Morocco (Figure 4), while a sharp increase in Nigeria, Namibia, Mali, Zimbabwe and South Africa (Figure 5).
African Shooter Investigation
AfroBarometer is a pan-Afrometer, nonpartisan survey research network that provides reliable data on African experience and assesses democracy, governance and quality of life. Since 1999, up to 42 countries have completed nine surveys. The 9th round of survey (2021/2023) covers 39 countries.
AfroBarometer’s national partners conducted face-to-face interviews in the language of the respondent’s choice, which produced national-level results with error rates of +/- 2 to +/- 3 percentage points at a 95% confidence level.
Distributed by Apo Group on behalf of AfroBarometer.
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