Benchmark Report: Living Income Report (With Living Wage Annex) and 2025 Update for Rural Central Region, Malawi

This report provides updated estimates of family living expenses (living income) and living wages for rural Malawi, with a focus on the tobacco growing areas of Central Malawi. The update for June 2025 considers inflation since the original report from February 2025 (Chiwaula et al., 2025).