Economics 1997

Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line (% of population)

Name: Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line (% of population)
Creator: World Bank

Source: World Bank

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Indicator

1997

Year

64.6

Value

15 May 2026

Updated

Description

Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line (% of population)

Title	Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line (% of population)
Description	Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line (% of population)
Source Organisation	World Bank
Domain	economics
Year	1997
Indicator	Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line (% of population)
Value	64.6
Last Updated	15 May 2026

Coverage

Series Type	National time series
Records in Series	1450
Years Covered	1997 to 2019
Distinct Years	5
Districts Identified	0
Regions Identified	0
Sources Represented	1

Years

1997 2004 2010 2016 2019

Sources

World Bank

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wb_malawi_indicator_poverty_headcount_ratio_at_societal_poverty_line_of_population_SI.POV.SOPO_MW.csv

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Row 4

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Confidence 0.67

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Economics

Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line (% of population)

Raw File	wb_malawi_indicator_poverty_headcount_ratio_at_societal_poverty_line_of_population_SI.POV.SOPO_MW.csv
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Silver Review	Approved · confidence 0.67
Validation Issues	0 errors, 1 warning, 0 info
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Recent Validation Issues

Severity	Field	Message
Warning	district	No Malawi district identified

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Access Level	Unspecified
License	License not specified
Upstream Source	https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/MW/indicator/SI.POV.SOPO

Suggested Citation

World Bank. Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line (% of population). Kafukufuku Data Hub, Economics, 1997 to 2019. Source: https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/MW/indicator/SI.POV.SOPO.

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Field	Raw Value
unit
year	1997
title	Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line (% of population)
value	64.6
source	World Bank
_domain	economics
country	Malawi
indicator	Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line (% of population)
obs_status
description	Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line (% of population)
country_iso3	MWI
dataset_name	World Bank Malawi Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line (% of population) Time Series
decimal_places	1
indicator_code	SI.POV.SOPO
_domain_confidence	0.6666666666666666

Source URL: https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/MW/indicator/SI.POV.SOPO

Indicator Analysis

Comparing "Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line (% of population)" with 250 records in Economics.

Total Records

250

Year Range

1997–2019

Districts

Numeric Distribution

Minimum

64.6

Average

71.8

Maximum

75.4

Records by Year

1997

2004

2010

2016

2019

Confidence

0.67

Review Status

Approved

Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line (% of population)

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