Malawi - Poverty headcount ratio at $1.9 a day based on purchasing-power-parity in constant prices of 2011

70.10 (%) in 2019

In 2019, poverty rate at $1.9 a day for Malawi was 70.1 %. Though Malawi poverty rate at $1.9 a day fluctuated substantially in recent years, it tended to increase through 1997 - 2019 period ending at 70.1 % in 2019.

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Population below $1.9 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.9 a day at 2005 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.