Madagascar Poverty Rate 1980-2024
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Madagascar poverty rate for 2012 was 98.20%, a 0.1% increase from 2010.
- Madagascar poverty rate for 2010 was 98.10%, a 0.1% increase from 2005.
- Madagascar poverty rate for 2005 was 98.00%, a 2.1% increase from 2001.
- Madagascar poverty rate for 2001 was 95.90%, a 1.9% decline from 1999.
| Madagascar Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2012 |
98.20% |
0.10% |
| 2010 |
98.10% |
0.10% |
| 2005 |
98.00% |
2.10% |
| 2001 |
95.90% |
-1.90% |
| 1999 |
97.80% |
-0.20% |
| 1997 |
98.00% |
0.50% |
| 1993 |
97.50% |
6.00% |
| 1980 |
91.50% |
6.00% |
