A poverty trends report released by Statistics South Africa in 2017 indicated that although poverty decreased between 2006 and 2011 in South Africa, it had increased again by 2015.
Ngokusho kwemininingo emisha ekhishwe ngabakwaStatsSA, ubuphofu busezingeni eliphezulu eNingizimu Afrika umbiko wePoverty Trends in South Africa ukhombisa ukuthi yize kwehla ubuphofu phakathi konyaka wezi-2006 nowezi-2011, kodwa amazinga obuphofu akhuphuka ngonyaka wezi-2015.