Madagascar: Poverty at 1.90 USD per day

The latest value from 2012 is 80.7 percent, an increase from 80.2 percent in 2010. In comparison, the world average is 6.25 percent, based on data from 83 countries. Historically, the average for Madagascar from 1980 to 2012 is 70.55 percent. The minimum value, 48.7 percent, was reached in 1980 while the maximum of 80.7 percent was recorded in 2012. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $2.15 a day at 2017 purchasing power adjusted 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.