Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Malawi
97.1% of people in Malawi lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2019.
The latest value for Malawi is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Malawi, 2019
97.1%
Change from 2016
+0.6percentage points
World, 2024
46.2%
Poverty rate at $8.30 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 | – | 46.2% |
| 2023 | – | 47.1% |
| 2022 | – | 48.3% |
| 2021 | – | 48.7% |
| 2020 | – | 50.4% |
| 2019 | 97.1% | – |
| 2018 | – | 50.4% |
| 2017 | – | 51.5% |
| 2016 | 96.5% | 52.4% |
| 2015 | – | 53.5% |
| 2014 | – | 54.7% |
| 2013 | – | 55.8% |
| 2012 | – | 57.5% |
| 2011 | – | 58.8% |
| 2010 | 96.1% | 60.2% |
| 2009 | – | 61.7% |
| 2008 | – | 62.5% |
| 2007 | – | 63.6% |
| 2006 | – | 65.0% |
| 2005 | – | 66.2% |
| 2004 | 96.9% | 67.4% |
| 2003 | – | 68.7% |
| 2002 | – | 69.3% |
| 2001 | – | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 96.5% in 2016, a change of +0.6 percentage points.
- Since 1997, when it was 93.4%, the figure has changed by +3.7 percentage points.