Wealth (v2.1)

Wealth, Poverty, Assets
% poorer households (with IWI value under 50)
Subnational regions
Malawi
All years

% poorer households (with IWI value under 50)

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 97.4 97.3 97.3 97.2 97.1 97.1 97.0 96.9 96.9 96.6 96.4 96.2 96.0 95.6 95.3 95.0 94.7 94.4 94.1 93.5 92.9 92.3 91.7 91.1 90.6 90.3 90.0 89.7 89.5 89.2 88.9 88.6
Blantyre 89.4 89.4 89.4 89.4 89.4
Blantyre 83.3 83.3 83.3 83.3 83.3 83.3 83.3 83.3 83.3
Blantyre 96.0 94.0 92.1 90.2 88.2 86.3 84.3 82.4 80.5 78.5 77.0 75.5 74.0 72.5 71.0 69.5 68.1 66.8 65.4 64.0 62.6 61.3 59.9
Kasungu 99.2 99.2 99.2 99.2 99.2
Kasungu 97.8 97.8 97.8 97.8 97.8 97.8 97.8 97.8 97.8
Kasungu 99.8 99.4 99.1 98.7 98.3 97.9 97.6 97.2 96.8 96.4 96.1 95.8 95.5 95.2 94.9 94.6 93.6 92.5 91.5 90.5 89.4 88.4 87.4
Lilongwe 95.4 95.4 95.4 95.4 95.4
Lilongwe 93.6 93.6 93.6 93.6 93.6 93.6 93.6 93.6 93.6
Lilongwe 90.5 90.4 90.3 90.1 90.0 89.9 89.8 89.7 89.5 89.4 88.5 87.6 86.7 85.8 84.9 84.0 84.6 85.2 85.8 86.4 86.9 87.5 88.1
Machinga 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6
Machinga 98.9 98.9 98.9 98.9 98.9 98.9 98.9 98.9 98.9
Machinga 99.9 99.6 99.4 99.1 98.5 97.8 97.2 96.6 95.9 95.3 95.5 95.8 96.0 96.2 96.4 96.6 96.5 96.3 96.1 95.9 95.8 95.6 95.4
Mangochi 96.4 96.4 96.4 96.4 96.4
Mangochi 98.0 98.0 98.0 98.0 98.0 98.0 98.0 98.0 98.0
Mangochi 99.5 99.1 98.6 98.2 97.7 97.3 96.9 96.4 96.0 95.5 95.4 95.2 95.1 94.9 94.7 94.6 94.5 94.5 94.5 94.4 94.4 94.4 94.3
Mulanje 98.4 98.4 98.4 98.4 98.4
Mulanje 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4
Mulanje 99.9 99.6 99.2 98.9 98.5 98.1 97.7 97.3 96.9 96.5 96.1 95.6 95.2 94.7 94.2 93.8 93.9 94.1 94.2 94.4 94.6 94.7 94.9
Mzimba 96.6 96.6 96.6 96.6 96.6
Mzimba 97.2 97.2 97.2 97.2 97.2 97.2 97.2 97.2 97.2
Mzimba 93.5 93.8 94.1 94.4 94.7 95.0 95.3 95.6 95.9 96.2 94.6 93.0 91.5 89.9 88.4 86.8 85.2 83.6 82.0 80.4 78.8 77.3 75.7
Other central (Nkhota Kota, Mchinji, Dowa, Ntchisi, Dedza, Ntcheu) 98.9 98.9 98.9 98.9 98.9
Other central (Nkhota Kota, Mchinji, Dowa, Ntchisi, Dedza, Ntcheu) 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.3
Other central (Nkhota Kota, Mchinji, Dowa, Ntchisi, Dedza, Ntcheu) 99.8 99.6 99.4 99.2 98.9 98.7 98.5 98.3 98.1 97.8 97.5 97.2 96.9 96.6 96.3 96.0 95.8 95.7 95.6 95.4 95.3 95.2 95.0
Other northern (Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay) 96.4 96.4 96.4 96.4 96.4
Other northern (Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay) 98.6 98.6 98.6 98.6 98.6 98.6 98.6 98.6 98.6
Other northern (Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay) 93.4 93.7 94.0 94.3 94.6 94.8 95.1 95.4 95.7 96.0 94.9 93.8 92.7 91.6 90.5 89.5 89.2 89.0 88.7 88.5 88.3 88.0 87.8
Other southern (Balaka, Mwanza, Phalombe, Chiradzulu, Chikwawa, Nsanje) 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.8
Other southern (Balaka, Mwanza, Phalombe, Chiradzulu, Chikwawa, Nsanje, neno) 99.7 99.6 99.5 99.4 99.3 99.2 99.2 99.1 99.0 98.9 98.8 98.7 98.6 98.3 98.1 97.8 97.5 97.2 96.9 96.6 96.4 96.1 95.8 95.6 95.3 95.0 94.6 94.3 93.9 93.6 93.3 92.9
Salima 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7
Salima 98.6 98.6 98.6 98.6 98.6 98.6 98.6 98.6 98.6
Salima 99.9 99.6 99.2 98.9 98.0 97.1 96.3 95.4 94.5 93.7 93.8 94.0 94.2 94.3 94.5 94.7 94.6 94.4 94.3 94.2 94.1 94.0 93.9
Thyolo 98.4 98.4 98.4 98.4 98.4
Thyolo 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1
Thyolo 98.5 98.4 98.3 98.2 98.1 98.0 97.9 97.9 97.8 97.7 97.2 96.8 96.3 95.9 95.4 94.9 95.0 95.0 95.0 95.0 95.1 95.1 95.1
Zomba 97.1 97.1 97.1 97.1 97.1
Zomba 98.9 98.9 98.9 98.9 98.9 98.9 98.9 98.9 98.9
Zomba 94.8 94.4 94.1 93.8 93.5 93.2 92.9 92.6 92.3 92.0 91.8 91.6 91.4 91.2 91.0 90.8 90.3 89.8 89.3 88.7 88.2 87.7 87.2
Lighter numbers are estimates