Country
Malawi
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- low income
- Capital
- Lilongwe
- ISO code
- MW · MWI
74 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 22.2M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 1,623 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 67.6 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 0.2 t CO₂
Population
- Population 22.2M 2025 60th of 214
- Population density 230 people/km² 2024 58th of 212
- Population growth 2.56 % per year 2025 23rd of 214
- Natural increase 26.0 per 1,000 people 2023 18th of 228
- Net migration -0.3 per 1,000 people 2025 102nd of 214
- Fertility rate 3.59 births per woman 2024 41st of 214
- Urban population 17.6 % 2025 211th of 214
- Median age 17.6 years 2023 213th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 2.6 % 2025 204th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 4.5 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 203rd of 214
- Children under 15 40.1 % 2025 25th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 67.6 years 2024 169th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 70.8 years 2024 167th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 64.3 years 2024 177th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 6.5 years 2024 40th of 214
- Infant mortality 38.0 per 1,000 births 2024 29th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 48.8 per 1,000 births 2024 30th of 195
- Maternal mortality 225 per 100,000 births 2023 36th of 193
- Health spending per person 41 USD 2023 175th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 125 $ (PPP) 2023 175th of 191
- Physicians 0.05 per 1,000 people 2022 177th of 179
- Hospital beds 1.3 per 1,000 people 2011 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Measles immunization 89 % 2024 102nd of 191
- Undernourishment 24.5 % 2024 16th of 165
- Tobacco use 8.9 % 2024 139th of 165
- Calorie supply 2,618 kcal per day 2023 138th of 175
- Meat supply 28.2 kg per person per year 2023 128th of 175
Economy
- GDP 14.9B USD 2025 142nd of 185
- GDP per capita 672 USD 2025 180th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 1,623 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 180th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 1,190 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 159th of 165
- GDP growth 1.9 % 2025 136th of 185
- GDP per capita growth -0.7 % 2025 170th of 185
- Inflation 28.4 % 2025 5th of 169
- Unemployment 5.1 % 2025 93rd of 181
- Youth unemployment 6.9 % 2025 139th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 39.4 % 2024 9th of 150
- Trade 42 % of GDP 2024 146th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 38.5 2019 47th of 151
- Extreme poverty 75.4 % 2019 4th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 31.8 % of GDP 2024 10th of 187
- Women in the labour force 58.2 % 2025 59th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.517 2023 171st of 192
- Literacy rate 70.2 % 2020 97th of 122
- Education spending 2.7 % of GDP 2022 128th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 37 % 2023 141st of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 3 % 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 68 % 2023 123rd of 135
- Women in parliament 21.4 % 2025 115th of 183
- Homicide rate 1.8 per 100,000 people 2012 not ranked – no value for 2020
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 19 % 2024 173rd of 182
- Mobile phone subscriptions 61 per 100 people 2023 162nd of 172
- Fixed broadband 0.1 per 100 people 2023 162nd of 169
- Access to electricity 15.6 % 2024 210th of 212
- Safe drinking water 18 % 2024 137th of 146
- Safely managed sanitation 46 % 2024 87th of 140
- Research and development 0.18 % of GDP 2019 not ranked – no value for 2023
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 4.8 Mt CO₂ 2024 138th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 0.2 t CO₂ 2024 178th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 0.09 t CO₂ 2024 208th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.1 Gt CO₂ 2024 159th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 0.9 t CO₂e 2024 185th of 201
- Forest area 22.0 % of land 2024 125th of 208
- Water stress 18 % 2022 71st of 176
- Arable land 42.4 % of land 2024 12th of 205
- Renewable energy 71.1 % of final energy 2021 28th of 210
- Renewable electricity 95.6 % of electricity 2024 14th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 0.5 % of electricity 2024 147th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 57 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 180th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 85 kWh 2024 176th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 16.7 µg/m³ 2023 104th of 199
Malawi on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldEnglish, Nyanja · official languagesSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldMalawian kwacha (MWK)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+2Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType G · 230 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world2 national dishes
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- VPN provider mapServers of 1 VPN providerSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)