International Rankings of Malawi 2013, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	1,099	171	2012
Internet users	716,400	109	2009
Telephones - main lines in use	173,500	129	2011
Telephones - mobile cellular	3,952,000	116	2011
Economy
Budget expenditures	$1,373,000,000	158	2012 est.
Budget revenues	$1,089,000,000	159	2012 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-6.30	178	2012 est.
Central bank discount rate(%)	15	10	31 Dec 2008
Commercial bank prime lending rate(%)	23.80	13	31 Dec 2011 est.
Current account balance	-$683,400,000	104	2012 est.
Debt - external	$1,214,000,000	151	31 Dec 2012 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	39.0	68	2004
Exports	$860,000,000	161	2012 est.
GDP - composition by sector - agriculture(%)	29.60	26	2012 est.
GDP - composition by sector - industry(%)	16.90	176	2012 est.
GDP - composition by sector - services(%)	53.50	151	2012 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$4,490,000,000	161	2012 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$900	220	2012 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$14,580,000,000	142	2012 est.
GDP - real growth rate(%)	4.30	74	2012 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	31.90	60	2004
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%(%)	3.00	47	2004
Imports	$1,752,000,000	166	2012 est.
Industrial production growth rate(%)	8.20	25	2011 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices)(%)	18.40	9	2012 est.
Investment (gross fixed)(% of GPD)	23.10	62	2012 est.
Labor force	5,747,000	68	2007 est.
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture(%)	90.00	3	2003 est.
Labor force - by occupation - services(%)	10.00	185	2003 est.
Market value of publicly traded shares	$ 1,363,000,000	103	31 Dec 2010
Population below poverty line(%)	53.00	20	2004
Public debt(% of GPD)	47.10	72	2012 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$315,300,000	152	31 Dec 2012 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 1,382,000,000	159	31 Dec 2012 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$1,224,000,000	152	31 Dec 2012 est.
Stock of money	$502,100,000	128	31 Dec 2008
Stock of narrow money	$ 655,600,000	158	31 Dec 2012 est.
Stock of quasi money	$491,100,000	134	31 Dec 2008
Taxes and other revenues	24.2	132	2012 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	1,358,000	159	2010 est.
Crude Oil - exports	0	104	2009 est.
Crude Oil - imports	0	112	2009 est.
Crude Oil - production	0	132	2011 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	0	133	1 Jan 2012 est.
Electricity - consumption per capita (kWh)*	98.88	189	2009 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	1,614,000,000	144	2009 est.
Electricity - exports(kWh)	0	127	2010 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	5.7	199	2009 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	94.3	8	2009 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	78	2009 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	0.0	127	2009 est.
Electricity - imports(kWh)	0	144	2010 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	299,500	149	2009 est.
Electricity - production(kWh)	1,736,000,000	138	2009 est.
Natural gas - consumption(cu m)	0	134	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports(cu m)	0	94	2010 est.
Natural gas - imports(cu m)	0	111	2010 est.
Natural gas - production(cu m)	0	121	2010 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves(cu m)	0	138	1 Jan 2012 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	12,060	151	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	0	140	2008 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	7,209	141	2008 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	0	140	2008 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	0	225	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point(m)	3002	70	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point(m)	37	33	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	78	138	2000
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	1.01	109	2000
Irrigated land(sq km)	590	109	2003
Land Area - sq km	94,080.00	109	NA
Land boundaries - km	2,881	64	NA
Land use - arable land(%)	20.68	49	2005
Land use - other(%)	78.14	163	2005
Land use - permanent crops(%)	1.18	110	2005
Population density - Persons per sq km*	173.50	70	NA
Total Area - sq km	118,484.00	100	NA
Total renewable water resources(cu km)	17.30	127	2001
Water Area - sq km	24,404	24	NA
Military
Manpower available for military service - male	3,514,809	65	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - female	2,043,925	71	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - male	2,132,909	71	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female	183,028	56	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	183,683	57	2010 est.
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	1.30	108	2006
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	3,654,732	54	2012 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	3,670,266	57	2012 est.
Age structure 0-14 years(%)	44.90	13	2012 est.
Age structure 15-24 years	20.5	43	2012 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	1,677,633	59	2012 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	1,674,005	59	2012 est.
Age structure 25-54 years	28.3	223	2012 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	2,286,314	72	2012 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	2,338,827	71	2012 est.
Age structure 55-64 years	3.6	213	2012 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	319,617	89	2012 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	262,678	93	2012 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	251,511	100	2012 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	187,461	101	2012 est.
Age structure 65 years and over(%)	2.70	213	2012 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	40.42	8	2012 est.
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	15.50	53	2006
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	12.84	22	Jul 2012 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	4.20	96	2003
Health expenditures	4.80	141	2009
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate(%)	11.00	9	2009 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	51,000	9	2009 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	920,000	12	2009 est.
Hospital bed density	1.10	141	2007
Infant mortality rate - female(deaths/1,000 live births)	74.92	9	2012 est.
Infant mortality rate - male(deaths/1,000 live births)	83.06	11	2012 est.
Infant mortality rate - total(deaths/1,000 live births)	79.02	10	2012 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female(years)	53.13	212	2012 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male(years)	51.50	213	2012 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total(years)	52.31	209	2012 est.
Literacy - female(%)	68.50	157	2010 est.
Literacy - male(%)	81.10	158	2010 est.
Literacy - total(%)	74.80	166	2010 est.
Maternal mortality rate	460.00	22	2010
Median age - female(years)	17.40	218	2012 est.
Median age - male(years)	17.20	214	2012 est.
Median age - total(years)	17.30	215	2012 est.
Net migration rate(migrant(s)/1,000 population)	0.00	82	2012 est.
Physicians density	0.02	182	2008
Population	16,323,044	65	NA
Population growth rate(%)	2.76	18	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	57	114	NA
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	43	76	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	56	132	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	44	62	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	51	158	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	49	33	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	9	160	2007
School life expectancy - male (years)	9	173	2007
School life expectancy - total (years)	9	168	2007
Sex ratio - 65 years and over(male(s)/female)	0.74	153	2011 est
Sex ratio - at birth(male(s)/female)	1.01	225	2011 est
Sex ratio - total population(male(s)/female)	0.99	100	2011 est
Sex ratio - under 15 years(male(s)/female)	1.00	215	2011 est
Sex ratio 15-64 years(male(s)/female)	1.00	109	2011 est
Suffrage	18.00	71	NA
Total fertility rate(children born/woman)	5.35	15	2012 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization(%)	5.3	2	2010
Urbanization - urban population(%)	20	212	2010
Transportation
Airports	31	114	2012
Airports - with paved runways - total	7	131	2012
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	24	96	2012
Railways(km)	797	99	2008
Roadways(km)	15,451	120	2003
Waterways(km)	700	76	2010

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