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POVERTY RATES BY DISTRICT

Ultra-poor Poor
Malawi 22.40% 52.40%
By Region

Urban 7.50% 25.40%
North Rural 25.90% 56.30%
Centre Rural 16.20% 46.70%
South Rural 31.50% 64.40%
By Urban/Rural

Urban 7.50% 25.40%
Rural 24.30% 55.90%
By Strata

Chitipa 30.40% 67.20%
Karonga 28.30% 54.90%
NkhataBay 30.30% 63.00%
Rumphi 24.20% 61.60%
Mzimba 22.70% 50.60%
Kasungu 15.10% 44.90%
Nkhotako 11.40% 48.00%
Ntchisi 12.20% 47.30%
Dowa 4.80% 36.60%
Salima 25.00% 57.30%
Lilongwe rural 11.70% 37.50%
Mchinji 30.40% 59.60%
Dedza 20.90% 54.60%
Ntcheu 21.10% 51.60%
Mangochi 29.30% 60.70%
Machinga 38.30% 73.70%
Zomba rural 41.00% 70.00%
Chiradzu 27.50% 63.50%
Blantyre rural 16.00% 46.50%
Mwanza 19.70% 55.60%
Thyolo 33.00% 64.90%
Mulanje 30.60% 68.60%
Phalombe 26.90% 61.90%
Chikwawa 31.90% 65.80%
Nsanje 44.30% 76.00%
Balaka 33.50% 66.80%
Mzuzu city 10.10% 34.00%
Lilongwe Urban 8.80% 24.60%
Zomba Urban 11.60% 28.70%
Blantyre Urban 4.80% 23.60%