Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Malawi
Malawi: Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line was 97.07 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Malawi, 1997–2019
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 97.07 for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Malawi peaked at 97.07 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 93.44, in 1997.
That places Malawi 2nd out of 120 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 93.44 | 93.44 | 93.44 | 1 |
| 2000s | 96.95 | 96.95 | 96.95 | 1 |
| 2010s | 96.55 | 96.08 | 97.07 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 1 Burundi 97.43 compare
- 3 Madagascar 96.57 compare
- 4 Mozambique 96.28 compare
- 5 Niger 96.06 compare
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)
- 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 revenues vs income inequality 15.06 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 11.53 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.581 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Malawi?
- Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Malawi was 97.07 in 2019, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 97.07 in 2019.
- What is the lowest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.44 in 1997.
- How does Malawi rank for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line?
- Malawi ranks 2nd out of 120 countries with data for 2019.
- Is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. 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 Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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