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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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Distribution of companies in Malawi by foundation year

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Evolution of historical unemployment in Malawi with forecast

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Correlation of methane and nitrous oxide emissions by countries yearly in Malawi

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