IFPRI Malawi is pleased to announce the publication of a fourth Key Facts Sheet highlighting recent trends in inequality in Malawi. This follows fact sheets on agriculture, food and nutrition security and social safety nets. The series is being produced using the third and fourth Integrated Household Surveys (IHS), the latter of which was undertaken in 2016/17. The series synthesizes nationally representative household survey data into easily digestible facts that will inform key policy issues on agriculture, food systems, and development in Malawi.
Highlights from this Key Facts Sheet include:
- Overall consumption inequality between households decreased between 2010/11 and 2016/17, as poor households experienced stronger growth in consumption than better-off households.
- Inequality between districts increased between 2010/11 and 2016/17, but remains less severe than inequality between households within individual districts.
- The contribution of occupation and level of education of the household head towards inequality between households increased between 2010/11 and 2016/17, as did the contribution of household size.
- Gender, age, and ethnicity of household heads contribute little to overall inequality between households.
Download the full "Key Facts Sheet: Inequality" here (340 KB).
