Area Database (v441)

% poor households (with IWI value under 70)

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Malawi (Africa)  
Total 98.6 98.6 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.3 98.2 98.0 97.9 97.8 97.8 97.8 97.8 97.7 97.7 97.4 97.1 96.9 96.6 96.3 96.0 96.0 96.1 96.1 96.1 96.1 96.1 96.1
Blantyre 94.9 94.3 93.8 93.2 92.7 92.1 91.6 91.0 90.5 91.5 92.5 93.5 94.5 93.6 92.7 91.9 91.0 90.1 89.2 89.6 89.9 90.2 90.5 90.8 91.1 89.6 88.1 86.5 85.0 83.5 81.9 80.4
Kasungu 100 99.9 99.8 99.7 99.6 99.5 99.4 99.3 99.2 99.3 99.4 99.5 99.6 99.5 99.4 99.4 99.3 99.2 99.2 98.9 98.5 98.2 97.9 97.6 97.3 96.9 96.6 96.2 95.9 95.5 95.2 94.8
Lilongwe 97.3 97.3 97.3 97.2 97.2 97.2 97.2 97.2 97.2 96.4 95.6 94.8 94.1 94.4 94.7 95.1 95.4 95.7 96.1 95.1 94.1 93.1 92.1 91.1 90.1 90.9 91.8 92.7 93.6 94.5 95.3 96.2
Machinga 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.8 99.9 100 99.6 99.2 98.9 98.5 98.1 97.7 97.8 97.9 98.1 98.2 98.3 98.4 98.6 98.9 99.2 99.4 99.6 99.7 99.9
Mangochi 97.0 97.3 97.6 97.9 98.2 98.5 98.8 99.1 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.2 99.2 99.2 99.1 99.1 99.0 98.9 98.8 98.7 98.6 98.5 98.4 98.3 98.2 98.1 98.0 97.9 97.8
Mulanje 99.6 99.6 99.7 99.7 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.9 99.9 99.8 99.7 99.6 99.5 99.2 99.0 98.7 98.4 98.2 97.9 98.0 98.2 98.3 98.5 98.6 98.7 98.7 98.6 98.5 98.4 98.4 98.3 98.2
Mzimba 98.1 98.2 98.2 98.3 98.4 98.5 98.5 98.6 98.7 98.2 97.7 97.2 96.7 97.0 97.4 97.7 98.0 98.4 98.7 97.9 97.0 96.2 95.3 94.5 93.6 93.5 93.4 93.3 93.2 93.1 93.0 92.9
Other central (Nkhota Kota, Mchinji, Dowa, Ntchisi, Dedza, Ntcheu) 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.3 99.2 99.0 98.9 98.7 98.6 98.8 98.9 99.0 99.2 99.3 99.5 99.6
Other northern (Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay) 98.2 98.4 98.6 98.8 99.0 99.2 99.5 99.7 99.9 99.4 98.8 98.3 97.8 98.0 98.2 98.4 98.6 98.7 98.9 98.5 98.0 97.5 97.0 96.6 96.1 96.3 96.5 96.7 96.9 97.2 97.4 97.6
Other southern (Balaka, Mwanza, Phalombe, Chiradzulu, Chikwawa, Nsanje, neno) 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.8 99.7 99.6 99.5 99.4 99.4 99.3 99.2 99.2 99.1 98.9 98.7 98.5 98.3 98.2 98.0 98.0 98.1 98.1 98.2 98.2 98.3 98.3
Salima 99.7 99.7 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.5 99.5 99.4 99.4 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.6 99.3 99.0 98.8 98.5 98.2 97.9 97.9 97.9 97.8 97.8 97.8 97.7 97.9 98.0 98.1 98.2 98.3 98.4 98.5
Thyolo 98.8 98.9 99.0 99.1 99.2 99.3 99.4 99.5 99.6 99.5 99.4 99.3 99.2 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 98.9 98.8 98.6 98.5 98.3 98.2 98.3 98.4 98.5 98.6 98.6 98.7 98.8
Zomba 97.6 97.8 98.1 98.4 98.6 98.9 99.2 99.5 99.7 99.2 98.8 98.3 97.8 97.6 97.4 97.2 96.9 96.7 96.5 96.6 96.6 96.7 96.8 96.8 96.9 96.5 96.0 95.6 95.2 94.7 94.3 93.9
Lighter numbers are estimates