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Malawi

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Malawi is a country. The capital city is Lilongwe, located in the Eastern Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 94,280 km², a population of 21,104,482 people and uses the currency Malawi kwacha. The President is Peter Mutharika.

Key facts

currency: Malawi kwacha
capital city: Lilongwe
region: Eastern Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 94,280 km²
population: 21,104,482 people
political leader: Peter Mutharika (President)

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central government debt: 55.60 % of GDP
expense: 20.17 % of GDP
GDP: 12,712,150,082.08 current US$
inflation: 28.79 annual %
self-employed workers: 61.63 % of total employment
tax revenue: 13.50 % of GDP
unemployment: 5.03 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 60.51 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 15,000 people
democracy score: 5.49
democracy type: Hybrid regime
individuals using the Internet: 18.00 % of population
military expenditure: 1.01 % of GDP
net migration: -5,811 people
press freedom: 2.66
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 20.73 %
birth rate: 32.61 per 1,000 people
death rate: 6.93 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 46.56 current US$
health expenditure: 7.41 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.81 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 1.30 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 63
suicide mortality rate: 5.40 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 60,500.00 km²
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 6.45 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 14.00 % of population
fertility rate: 3.85 births per woman
forest area: 21,577 km²
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 19.71 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 13.70
methane emissions: 8.78 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 4.17 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 10,809,386 people
male population: 10,295,096 people
renewable energy consumption: 62.90 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 93,702.76 km²
rural population: 17,246,583 people
urban land area: 770.86 km²
urban population: 3,857,899 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.00 % of total population

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Malawi is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Eastern Africa and 194 countries in our database.

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Distribution of competitions in Malawi by start date

Distribution of sites in Malawi by inscription year

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Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Malawi

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Share of diseases in Malawi by mortality rate

Correlation of life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers by countries yearly in Malawi

Correlation of access to electricity and vulnerable employment of countries yearly in Malawi

Correlation of GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 by countries yearly in Malawi

Correlation of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions by countries yearly in Malawi

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