Wealth (v2.1)

Quality of housing
% households cooking on wood, straw, grass, dung etc
Subnational regions
Malawi
All years

% households cooking on wood, straw, grass, dung etc

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 97.0 97.1 97.2 97.3 97.5 97.6 97.7 97.8 97.9 97.9 98.0 98.0 98.1 98.2 98.1 98.0 98.0 97.9 97.8 97.8 98.3 98.9 99.4 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9
Blantyre 85.7 85.7 85.7 85.7 85.7 85.7 85.7 85.7 85.7
Blantyre 95.0 94.5 94.0 93.5 93.0 92.5 91.9 91.4 90.9 90.4 91.0 91.7 92.3 93.0 93.6 94.3 95.7 97.1 98.4 99.8 99.9 99.9 99.9
Kasungu 99.0 99.0 99.0 99.0 99.0 99.0 99.0 99.0 99.0
Kasungu 98.8 98.9 99.0 99.1 99.2 99.3 99.4 99.5 99.6 99.7 99.6 99.4 99.3 99.1 99.0 98.9 99.1 99.4 99.6 99.8 99.9 99.9 99.9
Lilongwe 93.3 93.3 93.3 93.3 93.3 93.3 93.3 93.3 93.3
Lilongwe 92.4 92.8 93.2 93.5 93.9 94.3 94.6 95.0 95.4 95.7 95.3 94.8 94.4 93.9 93.4 93.0 94.7 96.4 98.1 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9
Machinga 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6
Machinga 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.6 99.6 99.7 99.8 99.9 100 100.0 99.9 99.9
Mangochi 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4
Mangochi 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.5 99.5 99.6 99.6 99.7 99.7 99.8 99.8 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9
Mulanje 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.8
Mulanje 99.9 99.9 99.8 99.8 99.7 99.6 99.4 99.3 99.2 99.1 99.2 99.3 99.4 99.5 99.7 99.8 99.8 99.9 99.9 100.0 99.9 99.9 99.9
Mzimba 98.7 98.7 98.7 98.7 98.7 98.7 98.7 98.7 98.7
Mzimba 97.0 97.3 97.5 97.7 97.9 98.2 98.4 98.6 98.8 99.0 98.7 98.4 98.1 97.8 97.5 97.2 97.9 98.6 99.3 100 100.0 99.9 99.9
Other central (Nkhota Kota, Mchinji, Dowa, Ntchisi, Dedza, Ntcheu) 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4
Other central (Nkhota Kota, Mchinji, Dowa, Ntchisi, Dedza, Ntcheu) 99.1 99.2 99.2 99.3 99.4 99.5 99.5 99.6 99.7 99.8 99.7 99.6 99.6 99.5 99.4 99.3 99.5 99.7 99.8 100.0 99.9 99.9 99.9
Other northern (Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay) 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6
Other northern (Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay) 99.0 99.0 99.0 99.0 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.2 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.0 99.0 99.2 99.5 99.7 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9
Other southern (Balaka, Mwanza, Phalombe, Chiradzulu, Chikwawa, Nsanje) 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5
Other southern (Balaka, Mwanza, Phalombe, Chiradzulu, Chikwawa, Nsanje, neno) 99.7 99.7 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.5 99.6 99.8 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9
Salima 99.0 99.0 99.0 99.0 99.0 99.0 99.0 99.0 99.0
Salima 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.7 99.5 99.3 99.1 98.9 98.7 98.7 98.8 98.9 98.9 99.0 99.1 99.3 99.5 99.8 100 100.0 99.9 99.9
Thyolo 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7
Thyolo 98.7 98.8 98.9 99.0 99.2 99.3 99.4 99.5 99.6 99.7 99.6 99.5 99.4 99.3 99.2 99.1 99.3 99.5 99.7 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9
Zomba 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.3
Zomba 97.9 97.8 97.8 97.7 97.6 97.5 97.5 97.4 97.3 97.3 97.4 97.5 97.7 97.8 97.9 98.1 98.6 99.0 99.5 100 100.0 99.9 99.9
Lighter numbers are estimates