World Bank (2026). The World Bank in South Africa: Overview. Washington: World Bank. Retrieved October 2026.
The overview states that South Africa has “grown much slower than its upper-middle-income peers” over the past decade. It reports that the poverty rate fell from 46.7 percent in 2015 to 37.9 percent in 2023, and that close to 60 percent of South Africans live below the upper-middle-income poverty line. The wiki uses it in South Africa on the Curve for the peer comparison and as a counterweight to readings of popular immiseration. The page is revised periodically; figures are as retrieved in October 2026.