Study uncovers "pockets of severe poverty" within Botswana districts

Other districts with comparatively high levels of severely poor households include the Southern District, Central, Kweneng and the Chobe. According to the Poverty Map, 'richer' districts are the South East, the North East and Kgatleng, in descending order.

The poverty headcount index, or the number of poor people expressed as a percentage of the population, shows that the Kgalagadi District is the worst with 19,133 poor people out of a total district population of 41,684. Within the Kgalagadi District, rural Kgalagadi South has a high poverty headcount of 11,570 people out of 19,348 classified as poor.