Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Madagascar

75.2% of people in Madagascar lived below the national poverty line in 2021.

Measure: Poverty rate at national poverty lines Unit: % of population Data: 2021 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Madagascar, 2021 75.2% % of population
Position in 2021 1st of 72 See the full ranking

Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Madagascar over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at national poverty lines (% of population), 2021 to 2021
Period Madagascar
2021 75.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • Among the 72 countries with data for 2021, Madagascar has the highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.NAHC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2021 to 2021 for Madagascar
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources