I do not have any personal experience in that country but I did have one user win 30 SBD in a contest and he paid for a new apartment for 6 months as well as food and house items. According to data, 30 SBD would be worth less than a dollar and not buy shit.
As I said, I can not get the full picture on that country. It is very easy for all of them to say how bad it is but when there are many of them living normal lives off of a few dollars a day from steemit post, no, I don't believe all of the data.