Malawi poverty rate for 2019 was 97.10%, a 0.6% increase from 2016.
Malawi poverty rate for 2016 was 96.50%, a 0.4% increase from 2010.
Malawi poverty rate for 2010 was 96.10%, a 0.8% decline from 2004.
Malawi poverty rate for 2004 was 96.90%, a 3.5% increase from 1997.
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Malawi Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1997 - 2019.