Malawi

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Key facts

  • Currency: Malawi kwacha
  • Capital city: Lilongwe
  • Region: Eastern Africa
  • Continent: Africa
  • Land area: 94,280 km²
  • Population: 20,405,317
  • Political Leader: Peter Mutharika (President)

Latest news

Malawi: Call for 'urgent support' after disaster declared

Read: Deutsche Welle

2024-03-25

Malawi: Call for 'urgent support' after disaster declared

Read: Deutsche Welle

2024-03-25

Malawi follows Zambia in declaring drought disaster as El Nino brings hunger to southern Africa

Read: ABC News

2024-03-25

Malawi follows Zambia in declaring drought disaster as El Nino brings hunger to southern Africa

Read: The Star

2024-03-24

Cyber-attack hits Malawi's immigration service

Read: BBC

2024-02-22

Death toll rises to seven in Malawi elephant relocation project linked to Prince Harry NGO

Read: The Guardian

2024-02-16

El Nino: Malawi's harvest of maize--its staple food--may fall by 22.5% this year

Read: Phys

2024-01-29

Metrics

Business

Central government debt 44.89 % of GDP
Expense 16.88 % of GDP
GDP 13,164,700,000.00 current US$
Inflation 20.95 annual %
Self-employed 61.40 % of total employment
Tax revenue 11.38 % of GDP
Unemployment 5.11 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 60.31 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 60,500.00 km²
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 1,640.00 kt
Fertility rate 3.92 births per woman
Forest area 21,997 km²
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 174.40 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 13.10 years
Methane emissions 4,389.70 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 5,054.86 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 10,480,456
Male Population 9,924,861
Renewable energy consumption 75.17 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 93,702.80 km²
Rural population 16,736,441
Urban land area 770.86 km²
Urban population 3,668,876
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 0.00 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 32.86 per 1,000 people
Death rate 6.98 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 32.98 current US$
Health expenditure 5.43 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 1.13 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 1.30 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 63 years
Suicide mortality rate 5.40 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 14.19 % of population
Individuals using the Internet 24.41 % of population
Net migration -6,000
Press freedom 2.66


Politics

Armed forces personnel 15,000
Democracy score 5.49
Democracy type Hybrid regime
Military expenditure 0.64 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 22.92 %


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Coordinates: [-13°50′S, 34°0′N]
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Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 3 days ago

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