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Extreme urban poverty rises 145% in Malawi

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In Malawi, the rate of ultra-poverty in urban areas rose from 3.3% in 2020 to 8.1% in 2025, an increase of 145%, according to the National Statistical Office’s Poverty and Inequality Report. Nationally, the overall poverty rate fell from 50.7% to 47.3%, the Times reports.

The rate of extreme poverty in Malawi’s urban areas more than doubled, rising from 3.3% in 2020 to 8.1% in 2025, an increase of 145%. The figures are in the recently published Poverty and Inequality Report by the National Statistical Office of Malawi, the Times reports.

Nationally, however, the poverty rate fell from 50.7% to 47.3% over the same period, according to the report.

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