Madagascar Poverty Rate 1980-2022
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Madagascar poverty rate for 2012 was 97.50%, a 0% increase from 2010.
- Madagascar poverty rate for 2010 was 97.50%, a 0.5% increase from 2005.
- Madagascar poverty rate for 2005 was 97.00%, a 2.7% increase from 2001.
- Madagascar poverty rate for 2001 was 94.30%, a 2.2% decline from 1999.
Madagascar Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
2012 |
97.50% |
0.00% |
2010 |
97.50% |
0.50% |
2005 |
97.00% |
2.70% |
2001 |
94.30% |
-2.20% |
1999 |
96.50% |
-0.30% |
1997 |
96.80% |
0.30% |
1993 |
96.50% |
8.00% |
1980 |
88.50% |
8.00% |