Low income vs Malawi: Rural population, per capita
Low income
0.6484 units per person
in 2025
Malawi
0.8241 units per person
in 2025
Low income rank
1st
Malawi rank
4th
Rural population, per capita over time
- Low income
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 0.8241 units per person against 0.6484 units per person in Low income, a difference of 0.1757 units per person.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.3 times Low income's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Malawi has been ahead every year.
Low income ranks 1st and Malawi ranks 4th of 45 groups.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Low income | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8508 units per person | 0.9542 units per person | 0.1034 units per person | Malawi |
| 1970s | 0.8136 units per person | 0.9254 units per person | 0.1118 units per person | Malawi |
| 1980s | 0.7823 units per person | 0.899 units per person | 0.1167 units per person | Malawi |
| 1990s | 0.7485 units per person | 0.867 units per person | 0.1185 units per person | Malawi |
| 2000s | 0.7241 units per person | 0.8494 units per person | 0.1253 units per person | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.6901 units per person | 0.842 units per person | 0.1519 units per person | Malawi |
| 2020s | 0.6589 units per person | 0.8311 units per person | 0.1722 units per person | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rural population, per capita, Low income or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 0.8241 units per person against 0.6484 units per person in Low income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in rural population, per capita between Low income and Malawi?
- 0.1757 units per person, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Malawi?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Low income and Malawi rank globally for rural population, per capita?
- Low income ranks 1st and Malawi ranks 4th of 45 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Rural population, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Rural population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.