Income share held by third 20% in Malawi
Malawi: Income share held by third 20% was 14.9% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Income share held by third 20% in Malawi, 1997–2019
Source: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 14.9% for income share held by third 20% in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.0% on the previous year and up 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income share held by third 20% in Malawi peaked at 14.9% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 8.1%, in 1997.
Malawi ranks 95th of 121 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.1% | 8.1% | 8.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 14.5% | 14.5% | 14.5% | 1 |
| 2010s | 13.9% | 13.3% | 14.9% | 3 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Malawi
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 2 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 3.65 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 1,857 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 15.06 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.581 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 7.42 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.1477 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.1477 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.1766 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.3925 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income share held by third 20% in Malawi?
- Income share held by third 20% in Malawi was 14.9% in 2019, according to World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ.
- What is the highest income share held by third 20% recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 14.9% in 2019.
- What is the lowest income share held by third 20% recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.1% in 1997.
- How does Malawi rank for income share held by third 20%?
- Malawi ranks 95th out of 121 countries with data for 2019.
- Is income share held by third 20% rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ, published as part of Income share held by third 20%. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles. Percentage shares by quintile may not sum to 100 because of rounding.