Bottom 5% thresholdHousehold · 2017
ZAR 1,700Calculated · reconstructed
ZAF · DIRECT DATA
South Africa wealth benchmarks
Household · 2017. Verified cutoffs: Bottom 5% threshold to Top 5% threshold.
AT A GLANCE
Key net-worth figures
Median net worthZAR 91,000
Top 10% cutoffZAR 1,242,701
Bottom 10% cutoffZAR 5,700
ReferenceHousehold
Period2017
CurrencyZAR
Published cutoffsBottom 5% threshold to Top 5% threshold
REFERENCE POINTS
Wealth levels at a glance
See what it takes to reach different wealth levels, where the data is available.
EXPLORE THIS COUNTRY
How much does wealth differ in South Africa?
Choose two wealth levels to see the difference. Figures come from the country’s available data.
Household net worth · 2017
13.7×In South Africa, the top 10% starts at about 13.7× the wealth of the middle household.
Difference in amount: ZAR 1,151,701
Household net worth · 2017 · ZAR.
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Reference & method
Wealth basis
NIDS released derived household net worth (w5_net_worth): household assets less liabilities under the Wave 5 survey definition
Sources
ZA_NIDS_W5_2017
Confidence
Good confidence
Evidence
Direct data
- Thresholds are a frozen, QA-passed weighted reconstruction from official NIDS Wave 5 public-use microdata.
- The 2017 reference period is historical and confidence is reduced accordingly.
- This route is valid for South Africa itself; it does not relax the separate hold on transporting a generic model across Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Do not extrapolate below P5 or above P95.