Wealth (v2.1)

Wealth, Poverty, Assets
% poor households (with IWI value under 70)
Subnational regions
Malawi
All years

% 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 94.9 94.9 94.9 94.9
Blantyre 90.5 90.5 90.5 90.5 90.5 90.5 90.5 90.5 90.5
Blantyre 97.1 96.2 95.3 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 100 100 100 100 100
Kasungu 99.2 99.2 99.2 99.2 99.2 99.2 99.2 99.2 99.2
Kasungu 99.8 99.7 99.6 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 97.3 97.3
Lilongwe 97.2 97.2 97.2 97.2 97.2 97.2 97.2 97.2 97.2
Lilongwe 93.1 93.4 93.7 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
Machinga 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7
Machinga 99.9 99.9 100.0 100 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 97.0 97.0 97.0 97.0
Mangochi 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.3
Mangochi 99.4 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 99.6 99.6 99.6
Mulanje 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9
Mulanje 99.9 99.8 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 98.1 98.1 98.1 98.1
Mzimba 98.7 98.7 98.7 98.7 98.7 98.7 98.7 98.7 98.7
Mzimba 95.6 96.0 96.3 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
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
Other central (Nkhota Kota, Mchinji, Dowa, Ntchisi, Dedza, Ntcheu) 99.5 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 98.2 98.2 98.2 98.2
Other northern (Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay) 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9
Other northern (Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay) 97.2 97.4 97.6 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) 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9
Other southern (Balaka, Mwanza, Phalombe, Chiradzulu, Chikwawa, Nsanje, neno) 99.9 99.9 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.6 99.6 99.5 99.5 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 99.7 99.7 99.7
Salima 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4
Salima 99.9 99.8 99.7 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 98.8 98.8 98.8 98.8
Thyolo 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6
Thyolo 99.2 99.2 99.2 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 97.6 97.6 97.6 97.6
Zomba 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7
Zomba 98.5 98.3 98.0 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