🇲🇼Malawi: All Indicators

Arable land (% of land area) 2023 42.43 Arable land (hectares per person) 2023 0.19 Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) 2015 0.00 Rural land area (sq. km) 2015 93,702.76 Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) 2015 0.00 Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km) 2015 0.00 Surface area (sq. km) 2023 118,480.00 Urban land area (sq. km) 2015 770.86 Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) 2015 0.00 Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km) 2015 0.00

Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth) 2021 -0.79 Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) 2021 0.56 Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI) 2021 4.67 Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI) 2021 4.62 Adjusted savings: energy depletion (% of GNI) 2021 0.01 Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI) 2021 0.00 Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) 2024 31.77 Coal rents (% of GDP) 2021 0.02 Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) 2023 11.25 Forest rents (% of GDP) 2021 4.20 GDP (constant 2015 US$) 2024 11.95B GDP (current US$) 2024 11.32B GDP growth (annual %) 2024 1.67 GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) 2024 551.95 GDP per capita (current US$) 2024 522.57 GDP per capita growth (annual %) 2024 -0.91 GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $) 2024 1,634.25 GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 2024 1,857.62 GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $) 2024 35.39B GDP, PPP (current international $) 2024 40.23B GNI (current US$) 2024 11.12B GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) 2024 570.00 GNI per capita, PPP (current international $) 2024 1,830.00 GNI, Atlas method (current US$) 2024 12.32B GNI, PPP (current international $) 2024 39.55B Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) 2023 31.19 Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) 2024 17.07 Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %) 2024 24.69 Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) 2024 32.18 Mineral rents (% of GDP) 2021 0.01 Natural gas rents (% of GDP) 2021 0.00 Oil rents (% of GDP) 2021 0.00 Services, value added (% of GDP) 2024 44.21 Total natural resources rents (% of GDP) 2021 4.22 Trade (% of GDP) 2023 42.44

Compulsory education, duration (years) 2025 8.00 Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) 2022 2.75 Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) 2020 70.15 Preprimary education, duration (years) 2025 3.00 Primary education, duration (years) 2025 6.00 School enrollment, primary (% gross) 2024 139.02 School enrollment, secondary (% gross) 2023 36.64 Secondary education, duration (years) 2025 6.00

Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population) 2023 1.50 Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) 2023 0.50 Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population) 2023 5.10 Access to electricity (% of population) 2023 15.60 Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) 2023 6.10 Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) 2023 57.80 Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total) 2021 7.60 Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh) 2021 177.48M Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) 2021 80.06

Bird species, threatened 2022 20.00 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 2024 212.01 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 2024 4.79 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 2024 0.22 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.27 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.00 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 2.41 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.27 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.50 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 1.34 Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e) 2023 -0.56 Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) 2024 0.40 Fish species, threatened 2022 37.00 Mammal species, threatened 2022 10.00 Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 2024 177.70 Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 2024 9.34 Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 2024 5.42 Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.75 Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 1.90 Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.01 Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.00 Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.01 Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 2024 1.25 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 2024 357.48 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 2024 4.46 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 2024 3.78 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.10 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.02 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.01 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.28 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.00 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.02 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.25 PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) 2020 23.70 PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) 2017 100.00 Plant species (higher), threatened 2022 59.00 Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 2023 223.85 Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 2015 0.00 Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 2015 0.00 Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) 2025 23.10 Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) 2025 23.10 Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 2024 223.82 Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 2024 19.02 Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 2024 0.88 Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 2015 0.00

Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) 2024 113.32 Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) 2024 76.34 Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) 2024 4.56 Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) 2024 71.78 Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 2024 2,784.00 Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 2024 31.14 Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) 2021 50.69 Cause of death, by injury (% of total) 2021 7.60 Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) 2021 39.59 Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total) 2021 2.12 Current health expenditure (% of GDP) 2023 6.53 Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 2024 5.29 Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) 2024 5.70 Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 2024 3.59 Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) 2011 1.30 Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) 2024 91.00 Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) 2024 91.00 Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) 2024 89.00 International migrant stock (% of population) 2024 0.90 International migrant stock, total 2024 186,719.00 Life expectancy at birth, female (years) 2024 70.77 Life expectancy at birth, male (years) 2024 64.27 Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 2024 67.56 Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) 2023 0.88 Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) 2023 113.00 Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) 2023 225.00 Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) 2019 33.40 Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) 2021 24.90 Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) 2021 22.80 Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) 2021 27.40 Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population) 2019 148.50 Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) 2019 112.90 Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population) 2019 197.90 Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) 2021 1.13 Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) 2021 0.91 Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) 2021 1.36 Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population) 2019 30.80 Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) 2024 162.19 Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) 2024 272.64 Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) 2024 38.00 Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) 2024 33.50 Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) 2024 42.20 Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) 2024 23.60 Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) 2024 48.80 Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) 2024 43.50 Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) 2024 53.90 Net migration 2025 -5,628.00 Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 2024 2,737.00 Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 2024 3,234.00 Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 2024 4,443.00 Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 2024 3,567.00 Number of infant deaths 2024 25,217.00 Number of maternal deaths 2023 1,500.00 Number of neonatal deaths 2024 15,906.00 Number of under-five deaths 2024 32,177.00 People practicing open defecation (% of population) 2024 1.94 People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) 2024 73.05 People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) 2024 49.23 Physicians (per 1,000 people) 2022 0.05 Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) 2024 40.71 Population ages 0-14, female 2024 4.41M Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) 2024 39.75 Population ages 0-14, male 2024 4.41M Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) 2024 41.71 Population ages 0-14, total 2024 8.81M Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) 2024 56.71 Population ages 15-64, female 2024 6.35M Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) 2024 57.28 Population ages 15-64, male 2024 5.93M Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population) 2024 56.11 Population ages 15-64, total 2024 12.28M Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) 2024 2.59 Population ages 65 and above, female 2024 329,817.00 Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) 2024 2.97 Population ages 65 and above, male 2024 230,214.00 Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) 2024 2.18 Population ages 65 and above, total 2024 560,032.00 Population growth (annual %) 2024 2.58 Population, female 2024 11.09M Population, female (% of total population) 2024 51.20 Population, male 2024 10.57M Population, male (% of total population) 2024 48.80 Population, total 2024 21.66M Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) 2019 55.10 Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) 2023 31.90 Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) 2023 38.60 Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49) 2023 32.40 Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000) 2024 4.90 Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000) 2024 6.30 Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000) 2024 6.20 Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000) 2024 10.40 Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 2025 21.43 Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin 2024 570.00 Rural population 2024 17.92M Rural population (% of total population) 2024 82.73 Rural population growth (annual %) 2024 2.22 Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) 2024 1.01 Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) 2021 7.57 Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) 2021 2.91 Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) 2021 12.47 Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort) 2024 73.84 Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) 2024 60.04 Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) 2020 3.61 Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age) 2020 1.31 Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) 2020 6.15 UHC service coverage index 2023 52.00 Urban population 2024 3.74M Urban population (% of total population) 2024 17.27 Urban population growth (annual %) 2024 4.29

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) 2025 64.98 Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) 2025 71.21 Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) 2025 59.25 Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) 2025 58.18 Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) 2025 67.34 Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) 2025 5.07

Gini index 2019 38.50 Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) 2019 50.70

Central government debt, total (% of GDP) 2022 55.60 Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2024 1.02

Individuals using the Internet (% of population) 2024 18.96 Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) 2024 69.26 Scientific and technical journal articles 2022 361.73 Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people) 2024 32.46

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) 2024 2.28 Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) 2024 257.97M High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) 2024 1.65 Merchandise exports (current US$) 2024 947.00M Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) 2023 965.51M Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 0.00 Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 3.92 Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 46.11 Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 7.09 Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 2.47 Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 0.44 Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 2.13 Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 5.01 Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 36.75 Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 17.15 Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 36.75 Merchandise imports (current US$) 2024 3.26B Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) 2023 3.14B Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 0.00 Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 18.90 Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 36.95 Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 21.40 Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 0.27 Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 0.13 Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 0.87 Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 7.41 Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 32.98 Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 30.07 Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 32.98 Merchandise trade (% of GDP) 2024 37.21 Net ODA received (% of GNI) 2023 13.15 Personal remittances, paid (current US$) 2024 198.33M Real interest rate (%) 2024 9.92