What is the difference in goal 1: no poverty between Malawi and Switzerland?

0 5 year moving average, with Malawi ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Switzerland?

20 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators), published as GOAL 1: No Poverty (5 year moving average). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Malawi vs Switzerland: GOAL 1: No Poverty

Malawi

1 5 year moving average

in 2023

Switzerland

1 5 year moving average

in 2023

Malawi rank

1st

Switzerland rank

1st

GOAL 1: No Poverty over time

Malawi
Switzerland

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 1 5 year moving average against 1 5 year moving average in Switzerland, a difference of 0 5 year moving average.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 1st and Switzerland ranks 1st of 214 countries.

Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Switzerland	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0.9167 5 year moving average	0.7082 5 year moving average	0.2085 5 year moving average	Malawi
2010s	0.9714 5 year moving average	0.9165 5 year moving average	0.0549 5 year moving average	Malawi
2020s	1 5 year moving average	0.9643 5 year moving average	0.0357 5 year moving average	Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher goal 1: no poverty, Malawi or Switzerland?: Malawi, at 1 5 year moving average against 1 5 year moving average in Switzerland as of 2023.
What is the difference in goal 1: no poverty between Malawi and Switzerland?: 0 5 year moving average, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Switzerland?: 20 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2023.
How do Malawi and Switzerland rank globally for goal 1: no poverty?: Malawi ranks 1st and Switzerland ranks 1st of 214 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators), published as GOAL 1: No Poverty (5 year moving average). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: GOAL 1: No Poverty (5 year moving average)
Unit: 5 year moving average
Source: Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 4,300 data points, 2004–2023
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026

SDG Goal 1 data availability. Source: UN Global SDG Indicators Database