International Rankings of Malawi 2015, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	1,099	171	2012
Internet users	716,400	104	2009
Telephones - main lines in use	227,300	123	2012
Telephones - mobile cellular	4,420,000	115	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$1,400,000,000	158	2013 est.
Budget revenues	$1,347,000,000	155	2013 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-1.40	49	2013 est.
Central bank discount rate(%)	15	5	31 Dec 200
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	32.40	3	31 Dec 2012 est.
Current account balance	-$280,100,000	90	2013 est.
Debt - external	$1,556,000,000	146	31 Dec 2013 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	39.0	59	2004
Exports	$1,427,000,000	150	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	29.20	115	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	20.70	30	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	73.60	56	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	-38.40	64	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	13.00	115	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	1.90	25	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	29.40	22	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	18.90	128	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	51.70	125	2013 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$3,683,000,000	172	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$900	166	2013 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$15,020,000,000	143	2013 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	5.00	32	2013 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	8.20	117	2013 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	31.90	54	2004
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	3.00	18	2004
Imports	$2,420,000,000	155	2013 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	2.80	52	2013 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	26.90	4	2013 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	140	2003 est.
Market value of publicly traded shares	$ 1,384,000,000	96	31 Dec 2011
Population below poverty line (%)	53.00	12	2004
Public debt (% of GPD)	50.80	62	2013 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$364,200,000	152	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 1,494,000,000	158	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$1,243,000,000	145	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of narrow money	$ 585,300,000	156	31 Dec 2013 est.
Taxes and other revenues	36.6	55	2013 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	956,900	167	2011 est.
Crude Oil - exports	0	75	2010 est.
Crude Oil - imports	0	82	2010 est.
Crude Oil - production	200	116	2012 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	0	93	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	1,835,000,000	141	2010 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	0	91	2012 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	0.3	147	2010 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	99.7	3	2010 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	31	2010 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	0.0	72	2010 est.
Electricity - imports (kWh)	0	109	2012 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	287,000	152	2010 est.
Electricity - production (kWh)	1,973,000,000	136	2010 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	105.60	191	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	0	110	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	0	54	2011 est.
Natural gas - imports (cu m)	0	76	2011 est.
Natural gas - production (cu m)	0	95	2011 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	0	99	1 Jan 2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	12,060	150	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	0	125	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	6,059	140	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	0	116	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	0	193	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	3002	66	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	37	29	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	99.86	130	2005
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	1.36	98	2005
Irrigated land (sq km)	735	106	2006
Land Area - sq km	94,080.00	109	NA
Land boundaries - km	2,881	66	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	30.38	26	2011
Land use - other (%)	68.52	172	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	1.10	108	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	184.71	69	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	118,484.00	100	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	17.28	123	2011
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	0.93	81	2012
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	4,100,841	48	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	4,056,810	51	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	46.90	4	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	1,765,212	59	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	1,748,919	59	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	20.20	22	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	2,371,274	71	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	2,329,952	72	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	27.10	138	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	280,997	96	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	256,034	95	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	3.10	106	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	260,506	100	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	206,923	99	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	2.70	116	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	41.80	7	2014 est.
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - percentage (%)	26.00	21	2006 e
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - total number	993,318	30	2006 e
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	13.80	49	2010
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	46.10	87	2010
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	8.74	67	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	6.30	98	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	16.00	43	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	93.30	10	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	87.00	10	2014 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	83.2	65	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - total	85	74	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	94.6	46	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	16.8	68	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	15	51	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	5.4	52	2012 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	5.40	29	2011
Health expenditures	8.40	33	2011
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	10.80	9	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	45,600	9	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	1,129,800	10	2012 est.
Hospital bed density	1.30	62	2011
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	40.98	45	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	54.94	37	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	48.01	42	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	61.97	191	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	58.04	186	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	59.99	181	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	68.50	87	2010 est.
Literacy - male (%)	81.10	82	2010 est.
Literacy - total (%)	74.80	83	2010 est.
Maternal mortality rate	460.00	20	2010
Median age - female (years)	16.40	157	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	16.20	158	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	16.30	153	2014 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	18.90	75	2010 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	0.25	71	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	4.30	130	2008
Physicians density	0.02	144	2008
Population	17,377,468	64	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	3.33	6	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	8	141	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	92	14	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	10.3	146	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	89.7	3	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	22.3	134	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	77.7	5	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	11	11	2011
School life expectancy - male (years)	11	10	2011
School life expectancy - total (years)	11	10	2011
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	0.99	18	2014 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	0.99	24	2014 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	0.98	28	2014 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	0.98	20	2014 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.75	37	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.02	14	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	0.99	23	2014 est
Suffrage	18.00	4	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	5.66	8	2014 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	4.2	14	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	15.7	178	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	32	90	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	7	72	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	25	76	2013
Railways (km)	797	99	2008
Roadways (km)	15,450	120	2011
Waterways (km)	700	65	2010

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