Poverty in Malawi is extensive and deepening with life expectancy for Malawians now stands at 63.7 from the previous 63.8 mark, a latest United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Index (HDI) report has revealed.
The report shows that people's living standards stagnated in 2017 and categorised the country in the low human development category, with an HDI value ranking of 171 out of 189 countries and territories assessed.
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