Lower middle income vs Malawi: Rural population, annual growth rate
Lower middle income
0.5919 % change on previous year
in 2025
Malawi
2.19 % change on previous year
in 2025
Lower middle income rank
19th
Malawi rank
16th
Rural population, annual growth rate over time
- Lower middle income
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 2.19 % change on previous year against 0.5919 % change on previous year in Lower middle income, a difference of 1.6 % change on previous year.
That makes Malawi's figure about 3.7 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malawi ahead.
Lower middle income ranks 19th and Malawi ranks 16th of 45 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Lower middle income averaged higher in 1 and Malawi in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.07 % change on previous year | 2.32 % change on previous year | 0.2441 % change on previous year | Malawi |
| 1970s | 1.86 % change on previous year | 2.53 % change on previous year | 0.6662 % change on previous year | Malawi |
| 1980s | 2.11 % change on previous year | 4.02 % change on previous year | 1.91 % change on previous year | Malawi |
| 1990s | 1.82 % change on previous year | 1.5 % change on previous year | 0.3245 % change on previous year | Lower middle income |
| 2000s | 1.25 % change on previous year | 2.58 % change on previous year | 1.33 % change on previous year | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.9487 % change on previous year | 2.74 % change on previous year | 1.79 % change on previous year | Malawi |
| 2020s | 0.6328 % change on previous year | 2.32 % change on previous year | 1.69 % change on previous year | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rural population, annual growth rate, Lower middle income or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 2.19 % change on previous year against 0.5919 % change on previous year in Lower middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in rural population, annual growth rate between Lower middle income and Malawi?
- 1.6 % change on previous year, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Malawi?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Lower middle income and Malawi rank globally for rural population, annual growth rate?
- Lower middle income ranks 19th and Malawi ranks 16th of 45 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Rural population, annual growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Rural population. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.