Malawi Poverty Rate 1997-2024
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.
- Malawi poverty rate for 2019 was 97.30%, a 0.5% increase from 2016.
- Malawi poverty rate for 2016 was 96.80%, a 0.6% increase from 2010.
- Malawi poverty rate for 2010 was 96.20%, a 1% decline from 2004.
- Malawi poverty rate for 2004 was 97.20%, a 3.4% increase from 1997.
| Malawi Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2019 |
97.30% |
0.50% |
| 2016 |
96.80% |
0.60% |
| 2010 |
96.20% |
-1.00% |
| 2004 |
97.20% |
3.40% |
| 1997 |
93.80% |
3.40% |
