Malawi |
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Selected EarthTrends Data: |
| Variable | Value |
| Gini Index{1} | 50 |
| Population living on less than $1/day{2} | 42% |
| Population living on less than $2/day{3} | 76% |
| Poverty Gap $1/day{4} | 15% |
| Poverty Gap $2/day{5} | 38% |
| Access to improved sanitation | 61% |
| Access to an improved water source | 73% |
| Literacy rate, all adults | 64% |
| Life expectancy, both sexes | 41 years |
| Definitions and Sources |
| {1} Survey year: 1997. Based on expenditure. {2} Survey year: 1997-98. Based on expenditure. {3} Survey year: 1997-98. Based on expenditure. {4} Survey year: 1997-98. Based on expenditure. {5} Survey year: 1997-98. Based on expenditure. |
Poverty resources:
- Malawi - Country assistance strategy (Document)
- Malawi - Poverty reduction strategy paper and joint staff assessment (Document)
- USAID Malawi Country Office (Project)
- World Bank Malawi Program (Project)
Poverty datasets:
Citations from the World Resources Report:
- A Typology of Malawian Rural Households
- Household Welfare and Forest Dependence in Southern Malawi
- Modelling Poor Farm-Household Livelihoods in Malawi: Lessons for Pro-Poor Policy
- Modelling Pro-Poor Agricultural Growth Strategies in Malawi: Lessons for Policy and Analysis
- Pro-Poor Development Strategies for Malawi: An Economy-Wide Analysis of Alternative Policy Scenarios
- The Determinants of Poverty in Malawi: An Analysis of the Malawi Integrated Household Survey, 1997-98
- The Malawi 2002 Food Crisis: The Rural Development Challenge
EarthTrends Country Profiles: (opens pdf in a new window)
World Bank PovertyNet Library: (opens in a new window)
Development Gateway: (opens in a new window)
