Wealth (v2.1)
% households with a cellphone
| 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 | |
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| Total | 0.01 | 1.58 | 3.15 | 4.72 | 10.4 | 16.1 | 21.8 | 27.6 | 33.3 | 39.0 | 41.4 | 43.9 | 46.3 | 48.8 | 51.3 | 53.7 | 53.9 | 54.1 | 54.3 | 54.5 | 54.7 | 54.9 | 55.1 | |||||||||
| Blantyre | 0.01 | 4.33 | 8.65 | 13.0 | 21.7 | 30.4 | 39.2 | 47.9 | 56.6 | 65.4 | 66.5 | 67.6 | 68.7 | 69.8 | 70.9 | 72.0 | 73.8 | 75.6 | 77.4 | 79.2 | 81.0 | 82.8 | 84.6 | |||||||||
| Kasungu | 0.01 | 0.80 | 1.59 | 2.38 | 9.29 | 16.2 | 23.1 | 30.0 | 36.9 | 43.8 | 45.1 | 46.3 | 47.6 | 48.8 | 50.0 | 51.3 | 54.2 | 57.2 | 60.2 | 63.1 | 66.1 | 69.1 | 72.0 | |||||||||
| Lilongwe | 0.01 | 3.91 | 7.80 | 11.7 | 17.0 | 22.3 | 27.7 | 33.0 | 38.3 | 43.6 | 46.5 | 49.4 | 52.4 | 55.3 | 58.2 | 61.1 | 59.3 | 57.5 | 55.8 | 54.0 | 52.2 | 50.4 | 48.6 | |||||||||
| Machinga | 0.01 | 0.50 | 0.99 | 1.48 | 7.45 | 13.4 | 19.4 | 25.3 | 31.3 | 37.3 | 38.5 | 39.8 | 41.0 | 42.3 | 43.5 | 44.7 | 44.3 | 43.8 | 43.3 | 42.8 | 42.3 | 41.8 | 41.3 | |||||||||
| Mangochi | 0.01 | 0.88 | 1.74 | 2.61 | 7.63 | 12.7 | 17.7 | 22.7 | 27.7 | 32.8 | 35.2 | 37.7 | 40.1 | 42.6 | 45.0 | 47.5 | 45.9 | 44.4 | 42.9 | 41.3 | 39.8 | 38.2 | 36.7 | |||||||||
| Mulanje | 0.01 | 0.58 | 1.16 | 1.73 | 6.87 | 12.0 | 17.1 | 22.3 | 27.4 | 32.6 | 34.9 | 37.3 | 39.7 | 42.0 | 44.4 | 46.8 | 48.2 | 49.7 | 51.2 | 52.6 | 54.1 | 55.6 | 57.0 | |||||||||
| Mzimba | 0.01 | 1.91 | 3.81 | 5.71 | 12.5 | 19.2 | 26.0 | 32.7 | 39.5 | 46.2 | 49.7 | 53.2 | 56.6 | 60.1 | 63.6 | 67.1 | 67.8 | 68.6 | 69.3 | 70.1 | 70.8 | 71.5 | 72.3 | |||||||||
| Other central (Nkhota Kota, Mchinji, Dowa, Ntchisi, Dedza, Ntcheu) | 0.01 | 0.44 | 0.87 | 1.30 | 6.19 | 11.1 | 16.0 | 20.9 | 25.7 | 30.6 | 33.3 | 36.0 | 38.7 | 41.4 | 44.0 | 46.7 | 46.7 | 46.7 | 46.6 | 46.6 | 46.6 | 46.6 | 46.5 | |||||||||
| Other northern (Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay) | 0.01 | 1.42 | 2.84 | 4.25 | 11.1 | 18.0 | 24.9 | 31.7 | 38.6 | 45.5 | 49.1 | 52.7 | 56.3 | 59.9 | 63.6 | 67.2 | 67.1 | 67.0 | 67.0 | 66.9 | 66.8 | 66.8 | 66.7 | |||||||||
| Other southern (Balaka, Mwanza, Phalombe, Chiradzulu, Chikwawa, Nsanje, neno) | 0.01 | 0.41 | 0.80 | 1.20 | 6.22 | 11.2 | 16.3 | 21.3 | 26.3 | 31.3 | 33.8 | 36.2 | 38.6 | 41.1 | 43.5 | 46.0 | 47.1 | 48.3 | 49.4 | 50.6 | 51.7 | 52.9 | 54.0 | |||||||||
| Salima | 0.01 | 0.61 | 1.20 | 1.80 | 7.79 | 13.8 | 19.8 | 25.8 | 31.7 | 37.7 | 39.9 | 42.2 | 44.4 | 46.6 | 48.8 | 51.0 | 51.0 | 50.9 | 50.9 | 50.9 | 50.8 | 50.8 | 50.7 | |||||||||
| Thyolo | 0.01 | 0.79 | 1.56 | 2.34 | 7.99 | 13.6 | 19.3 | 24.9 | 30.6 | 36.2 | 37.3 | 38.3 | 39.3 | 40.3 | 41.3 | 42.3 | 45.2 | 48.1 | 51.0 | 53.8 | 56.7 | 59.6 | 62.5 | |||||||||
| Zomba | 0.01 | 1.84 | 3.68 | 5.51 | 11.4 | 17.2 | 23.1 | 29.0 | 34.8 | 40.7 | 43.5 | 46.4 | 49.2 | 52.1 | 54.9 | 57.7 | 57.3 | 56.9 | 56.5 | 56.2 | 55.8 | 55.4 | 55.0 | |||||||||
Lighter numbers are estimates