How would population under poverty help us understand standard of life?

South Africa has a small wealthy population and medium sized middle income and poor populations. The differences between the wealthy and the poor are very big and in some ways we have the developed world and the developing world living side by side in one country. Some facts about South Africa are: 1. Around half the population is defined as poor and living below the poverty line. 2. Poverty is mainly rural- about two thirds of the country's poor people live in rural areas and more than two thirds of rural people are poor. 3. In urban areas only 28% are poor. 4. Around 56% of black people are estimated to be poor compared to around 36% of Coloured people, 15% percent of Indian people and 7% of white people. 5. 60% of female headed households are poor. 6. South Africa has a one of the highest rates of income inequality in the world. The richest 10% of the population gets almost half the income and the poorest 20% receive only 3,3% of the income. 7. There is also a huge income inequal...

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