Poverty & Inequality in Malawi 20 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Malawi. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 97.1% 2019 up 1.0% 2nd Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 87.3% 2019 up 2.5% 2nd Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 75.4% 2019 up 3.4% 2nd Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 33.8% 2019 down 2.9% 3rd Prosperity gap 16.7 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2019 down 7.2% 3rd Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 70.4% 2019 up 1.0% 2nd Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 75.4% 2019 up 3.4% 2nd Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 47.6% 2019 down 0.2% 3rd Population living in slums 38.0% 2022 down 37.1% 60th Income share held by second 20% 11.0% 2019 up 18.3% 83rd Gini index 38.5 2019 down 15.4% 37th Income share held by lowest 20% 7.0% 2019 up 27.3% 71st Income share held by lowest 10% 2.9% 2019 up 31.8% 53rd Income share held by highest 10% 31.0% 2019 down 16.0% 27th Income share held by highest 20% 46.2% 2019 down 10.8% 31st Income share held by fourth 20% 21.0% 2019 up 5.0% 103rd Income share held by third 20% 14.9% 2019 up 11.2% 95th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 11.1% 2019 down 26.0% 65th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 75.4% 2019 up 3.5% 2nd Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 50.7% 2019 unchanged 2nd