Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Malawi
Malawi: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 100.0% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Malawi, 1997–2019
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Malawi is 100.0%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Malawi peaked at 100.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 99.5%, in 1997.
That places Malawi 7th out of 119 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Malawi, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 99.5% | — |
| 2004 | 99.9% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 99.9% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 99.9% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 100.0% | +0.1% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 100.0% is above the median for low income countries, which is 100.0%, 1.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 100.0% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 99.8%, 1.0× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.5% | 99.5% | 99.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 1 |
| 2010s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 100.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More poverty & inequality data for Malawi
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.65 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,857 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -4.49 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 15.06 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 15.1% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Malawi?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Malawi was 100.0% in 2019, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.5% in 1997.
- How does Malawi rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Malawi ranks 7th out of 119 countries with data for 2019.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.