MALAWI

The numbers in this report are based on the SSAPOV database. SSAPOV is a database of socio-economic statistics managed by SSATSD. It captures the relevant information

for 43 out of 48 countries in the SSA region, and it is based on 145 regional surveys. The 5 countries not covered in the SSAPOV database are Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea,

Gambia, Somalia and Zimbabwe. The Africa database is organized in 4 modules following the Global Monitoring Database (GMD) Harmonization guidelines, including the

construction of the welfare aggregate which is used for the Global Poverty Monitoring. Terms of use of the data adhere to agreements with the original data producers.

The Integrated Household Survey (IHS) was conducted since 2004 with interval of six years (2004, 2010 and 2016). The three waves of IHS are comparable. However, the six-

year interval between these surveys has limited our ability to produce official poverty figure frequently. Going forward, the government of Malawi plans to conduct IHS in a

three-year cycle. In addition to the IHS series, the Integrated Household Panel Survey (IHPS), which tracked the sub-sample of the third IHS in 2013, was conducted from

March through November and hence it is not comparable with HIS, which captures conditions experienced throughout the year.

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Poverty rate (Percentage)

National Poverty Line Upper Middle IC Line

International Poverty Line Lower Middle IC Line

GDP per capita (US$2011 PPP)

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Global Shared Prosperity Values

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Shared Prosperity

Shared Prosperity Premium

The decomposition is not displayed either because the change in poverty over the period of analysis is too small or the lack of

availability of at least two household surveys.