Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Malawi
47.3% of people in Malawi lived below the national poverty line in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1997.
Malawi, 2024
47.3%
Change from 2019
−3.4percentage points
Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Malawi over time
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Malawi
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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Malawi |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 47.3% |
| 2019 | 50.7% |
| 2016 | 51.5% |
| 2010 | 50.7% |
| 2004 | 52.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 50.7% in 2019, a change of −3.4 percentage points.
- Since 1997, when it was 65.3%, the figure has changed by −18.0 percentage points.