Madagascar poverty rate for 2012 was 98.70%, a 0.2% increase from 2010.
Madagascar poverty rate for 2010 was 98.50%, a 0.1% increase from 2005.
Madagascar poverty rate for 2005 was 98.40%, a 1.6% increase from 2001.
Madagascar poverty rate for 2001 was 96.80%, a 1.7% decline from 1999.
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: Madagascar Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1980 - 2012.