Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Malawi
87.3% of people in Malawi lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2019.
The latest value for Malawi is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Malawi, 2019
87.3%
Change from 2016
+2.2percentage points
World, 2024
18.2%
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Malawi over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Malawi | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 18.2% |
| 2023 | – | 19.3% |
| 2022 | – | 20.5% |
| 2021 | – | 21.4% |
| 2020 | – | 22.1% |
| 2019 | 87.3% | – |
| 2018 | – | 22.3% |
| 2017 | – | 23.6% |
| 2016 | 85.1% | 24.9% |
| 2015 | – | 26.3% |
| 2014 | – | 27.9% |
| 2013 | – | 29.3% |
| 2012 | – | 32.0% |
| 2011 | – | 33.6% |
| 2010 | 85.2% | 35.8% |
| 2009 | – | 38.1% |
| 2008 | – | 39.3% |
| 2007 | – | 40.5% |
| 2006 | – | 42.2% |
| 2005 | – | 43.7% |
| 2004 | 86.7% | 45.4% |
| 2003 | – | 47.2% |
| 2002 | – | 48.6% |
| 2001 | – | 49.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 85.1% in 2016, a change of +2.2 percentage points.
- Since 1997, when it was 79.8%, the figure has changed by +7.5 percentage points.