Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Malawi
Malawi: Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants was 2.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Malawi, 2000–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Malawi stood at 2.3%.
The figure is up 13.1% on the previous year and down 37.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Malawi peaked at 5.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2002.
That places Malawi 13th out of 148 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.2% | 1.0% | 5.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.2% | 1.8% | 4.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 10 Mozambique 2.5% compare
- 11 Liberia 2.4% compare
- 12 Guinea-Bissau 2.4% compare
- 14 Sao Tome and Principe 2.3% compare
- 15 Sierra Leone 2.1% compare
- 16 Syria 2.1% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Malawi
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 15.1% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.581 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 7.4% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1477 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1477 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1766 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3925 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Malawi?
- Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Malawi was 2.3% in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 5.8% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2002.
- How does Malawi rank for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants?
- Malawi ranks 13th out of 148 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by recipient countries (percentage of GNI)