Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Malawi
Malawi: Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp was 99.97 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Latest (2019)
99.97
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
7th
of 119 countries
All-time high
99.97
in 2019
All-time low
99.52
in 1997
Years of data
5
1997–2019
Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Malawi, 1997–2019
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Malawi is 99.97, 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 on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Malawi peaked at 99.97 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 99.52, in 1997.
That places Malawi 7th out of 119 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.52 | 99.52 | 99.52 | 1 |
| 2000s | 99.94 | 99.94 | 99.94 | 1 |
| 2010s | 99.92 | 99.85 | 99.97 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
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 poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Malawi?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Malawi was 99.97 in 2019, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 99.97 in 2019.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.52 in 1997.
- How does Malawi rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp?
- Malawi ranks 7th out of 119 countries with data for 2019.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp 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 Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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