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This table lists the international rankings of Malawi, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Malawi, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Date of Info
Communications
Internet hosts	170	1,099	2012
Internet users - percent of population (%)	181	9.30	Jul 2015
Internet users - total	117	1,670,000	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	61	1.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	157	45,678	Jul 2015
Telephones - main lines in use	125	64,200	2014 est.
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	109	34.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - mobile cellular - total	110	6,116,000	Jul 2015
Economy
Budget expenditures	165	$1,247,000,000	2016 est.
Budget revenues	162	$1,030,000,000	2016 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	63	-4.00	2016 est.
Central bank discount rate (%)	9	15	31 Dec 200
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	3	44.50	31 Dec 2016 est.
Current account balance	116	-$863,000,000	2016 est.
Debt - external	152	$1,921,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	60	39.0	2004
Exports	148	$1,277,000,000	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	68	42.60	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	66	17.40	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	49	75.10	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	104	-49.60	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	125	11.90	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	22	2.60	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture (%)	17	32.00	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry (%)	131	17.50	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin – services(%)	138	50.50	2016 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	171	$3,683,000,000	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	176	$1,100	2016 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	143	$21,230,000,000	2016 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	44	2.70	2016 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	145	-4.40	2016 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% (%)	47	31.90	2004
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	20	3.00	2004
Imports	150	$2,578,000,000	2016 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	33	4.00	2016 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	6	23.50	2016 est.
Labor force	71	5,747,000	2007 est.
Labor force - by occupation – agriculture (%)	3	90.00	2003 est.
Labor force - by occupation – services (%)	143	10.00	2003 est.
Market value of publicly traded shares	108	$753,600,000	31 Dec 2012 est.
Population below poverty line (%)	12	53.00	2004
Public debt (% of GPD)	57	61.20	2016 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	141	$605,900,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of broad money	165	$1,481,000,000	31 Dec 2014 est.
Stock of domestic credit	164	$711,200,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of narrow money	164	$550,800,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Taxes and other revenues	126	18.8	2016 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	119	1,900,000	2013 est.
Crude Oil - exports	90	0	2013 est.
Crude Oil - imports	84	0	2013 est.
Crude Oil - production	96	0	2015 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	78	0	1 Jan 2016 est.
Electricity – consumption (kWh)	115	1,900,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity – exports (kWh)	74	0	2013 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	157	0.7	2012 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	4	99.3	2012 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	32	0.0	2012 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	81	0.0	2012 est.
Electricity – imports (kWh)	84	0	2013 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	106	400,000	2014 est.
Electricity – production (kWh)	108	2,100,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	1	0	NA
Natural gas – consumption (cu m)	117	0	2013 est.
Natural gas – exports (cu m)	56	0	2013 est.
Natural gas – imports (cu m)	79	0	2013 est.
Natural gas – production (cu m)	98	0	2013 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	99	0	1 Jan 2014 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	134	7,000	2014 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	127	0	2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	150	6,843	2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0	2013 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	199	0	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	66	3002	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	29	37	NA
Irrigated land (sq km)	106	735	2006
Land Area - sq km	109	94,080.00	NA
Land boundaries - km	66	2,857	NA
Land use - agricultural land (%)	40	59.20	2011 est.
Land use - arable land (%)	17	38.20	2011 est.
Land use - forest (%)	88	34.00	2011 est.
Land use – other (%)	168	6.80	2011 est.
Land use - permanent crops (%)	69	1.40	2011 est.
Land use - permanent pasture (%)	79	19.60	2011 est.
Mean Elevation (m)	42	779	NA
Population density - Persons per sq km	70	197.39	Jul 2016 est.
Total Area - sq km	100	118,484.00	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	123	17.28	2011
Water Area - sq km	24	24,404	NA
Military
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	84	0.93	2012
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	44	4,341,129	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	50	4,299,076	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	4	46.53	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female (%)	58	1,915,843	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male (%)	58	1,889,240	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	29	20.49	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female (%)	70	2,549,766	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male (%)	71	2,512,247	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	215	27.26	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female (%)	97	294,713	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male (%)	96	268,691	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	206	3.03	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female (%)	101	279,008	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male (%)	99	220,608	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	199	2.69	2016 est.
Birth Rate (births/1,000 population)	7	41.30	2016 est.
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - percentage (%)	20	26.00	2006 e
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - total number	27	993,318	2006 e
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	46	13.80	2010
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	86	46.10	2010
Death Rate (deaths/1,000 population)	47	8.10	2016 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	103	6.70	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	49	14.90	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	10	94.50	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	10	87.90	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – rural	49	89.1	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – total	58	90.2	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – urban	36	95.7	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved – rural	80	10.9	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	63	9.8	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	55	4.3	2015 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	29	5.40	2011
Health expenditures	25	9.20	2012
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	9	10.04	2014 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	11	32,600	2014 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	10	1,063,900	2014 est.
Hospital bed density	61	1.30	2011
Infant mortality rate – female (deaths/1,000 live births)	40	38.00	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – male (deaths/1,000 live births)	40	51.50	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – total (deaths/1,000 live births)	43	44.80	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – female (years)	129	63.20	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – male (years)	129	59.20	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – total (years)	125	61.20	2016 est.
Literacy – female (%)	87	58.60	2015 est.
Literacy – male (%)	87	73.00	2015 est.
Literacy – total (%)	83	74.80	2010 est.
Maternal mortality rate	20	460	2010
Median age – female (years)	164	16.60	2016 est.
Median age – male (years)	156	16.30	2016 est.
Median age – total (years)	165	16.50	2016 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	75	18.90	2010 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	55	0.00	2016 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	130	4.30	2008
Physicians density	143	0.02	2008
Population	62	18,570,321	Jul 2016 est.
Population growth rate (%)	2	3.32	2016 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	117	39.8	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	48	60.2	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	121	41	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	38	59	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	119	47.3	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	29	52.7	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	11	11	2011
School life expectancy - male (years)	10	11	2011
School life expectancy - total (years)	10	11	2011
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	18	0.99	2016 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	24	0.99	2016 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	27	0.99	2016 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	31	0.91	2016 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	34	0.79	2016 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	13	1.02	2016 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	22	0.98	2016 est
Suffrage	4	18.00	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	8	5.54	2016 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	108	8	2013 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	101	9	2013 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	31	3.77	2015
Urbanization - urban population (%)	187	16.3	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	90	32	NA
Airports - with paved runways - total	72	7	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	76	25	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	5,467	2015
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	165	6,010	2015
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	94	2	2015
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2015
Railways (km)	97	767	2014
Roadways - paved (km)	85	6,951	2011
Roadways - total (km)	123	15,450	2011
Roadways - unpaved (km)	91	8,499	2011
Waterways (km)	64	700	2010

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*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding the international rankings of Malawi on this page is derived from the CIA World Factbook 2017. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of international rankings of Malawi contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about international rankings of Malawi should be addressed to the CIA.

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