Malawi: Human Development and 2019 Multidimensional Poverty Indicators

Malawi Human Development Indicators features socioeconomic metrics on health, education, and living standards produced by the UNDP Human Development Reports Office. It contains the Human Development Index (HDI) and the 2019 Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) at national and subnational levels.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the geometric mean of normalized indices to track Malawi's progress in the Human Development Index (HDI)
• Identifying regional poverty hotspots using the 2019 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) subnational data
• Comparing GNI per capita against health and education outcomes to evaluate the impact of government policy priorities

Strengths

• Adheres to the Principles governing international statistical activities for high data quality and consistency
• Provides subnational granularity for the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)
• Standardized for international comparability across 101 countries

Limitations

• The MPI data is based on the 2019 report, which may not reflect post-pandemic socioeconomic shifts
• Metadata lacks specific record counts and column definitions, necessitating manual data cleaning

Provenance

Source

UNDP Human Development Reports Office (HDRO)

Collection Method

surveyed

Freshness

The metadata was last updated in March 2026, though the primary Multidimensional Poverty Index data is sourced from the 2019 global report.

Geography

Malawi