Madagascar, Antananarivo street

Madagascar: Economic challenges inform political tensions


Issue 486 - 11 Jun 2023 - By Marc Howard , Jon Marks | 3 minute read

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) estimates that 69% of Madagascar’s population live in ‘multidimensional poverty’, a metric that uses ten health, education and standard of living indicators. The UNDP categorises 55.6% of the population (around 30m people) as living in ‘monetary poverty’, with income below $1.90/day at 2011 prices.

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