International Rankings of Malawi 2021, country comparisons

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	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	165	11358	0
Internet users - percent of population	199	13.78 %	2018
Internet users - total	104	2.734 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	184	1	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	183	13101	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	198	46.03	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	95	8.901 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	160	1.567 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	157	1.356 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	63	3.4 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	113	47.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	86	60.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	98	77.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	100	65.3	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	152	7.766 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	120	27.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	75	16.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	22	84.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	87	43.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	115	15.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	19	28.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	137	15.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	114	56 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	27	37.5 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2010
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	29	2.2 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	75	1.2 %	2017
Labor force	65	7.000 million US Dollars	2013
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	10	76.9 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	123	4.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	153	19 %	2013
Population below poverty line	17	51.5	2016
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	152	19.741 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	195	1060 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	110	21.7 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	162	1.082 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	149	1.321 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	80	1	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	6	93	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	35	6	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	150	375000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	140	1.420 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2017
Refined petroleum products - consumption	137	6000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	167	4769 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	146	1.3 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	86	11.12 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	81	22.14 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	40	59.2	2018
Land use - arable land	17	38.2	2018
Land use - forest	86	34	2018
Land use - other	166	6.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	71	1.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	78	19.6	2018
Revenue from coal	28	0.03 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	10	6.19 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	122	17.280 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	85	1.166 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	121	47.700 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	122	143.100 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	8	4.41	2025
Urbanization - urban population	177	17.7	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	108	94080 sq km	0
Area - total	99	118484 sq km	0
Area - water	3	24.404 million sq km	0
Coastline	174	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	201	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	27	37 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	41	779 meters	0
Irrigated land	101	740 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	65	2857 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	40	59.2	2018
Land use - arable land	17	38.2	2018
Land use - forest	86	34	2018
Land use - other	166	6.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	71	1.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	78	19.6	2018
Total renewable water resources	121	17.280 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	13	20.51 %	5939
Age structure - 25-54 years	202	27.96 %	2195
Age structure - 55-64 years	204	2.98 %	8092
Birth rate	33	28.59 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	54	59.2 %	1516
Current Health Expenditure	20	9.3 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	176	4.66 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	123	4.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	15	20.6 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	20	83.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	18	79.1 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	34	95.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	57	12.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	48	11.3 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	37	4.1 % of population	0
Education expenditures	32	4.7 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	9	8.1	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	14	12000	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	10	990000	2020
Hospital bed density	56	1.3 beds/1,000 population	2011
Infant mortality rate - female	47	29.71 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	45	38.61 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	47	34.19 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	128	75.33 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	130	69.04 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	133	72.16 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	27	349	2017
Median age - female	160	16.9 years	2020
Median age - male	145	16.7 years	0
Median age - total	148	16.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	79	19.1	1516
Net migration rate	72	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	129	5.8 %	2016
Physicians density	152	0.04 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	61	20.309 million	2021
Population growth rate	24	2.39 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	97	58.2 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	31	64.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	12	60.4 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	9	41.8 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	11	11 years	2011
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	10	11 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	11	11 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	16	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	26	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	26	0.99	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	29	0.93	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	33	0.78 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	12	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	19	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	36	3.51 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	14	47.7	2017
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	15	33.1	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	7	40.5	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	8	4.41	2025
Urbanization - urban population	177	17.7	2021
Transportation
Airports	92	32	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	42	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	40	4	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	71	7	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	47	11	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	72	25	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	55	13	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	134	10000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	152	10545	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	93	9	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - total	97	767 km	2014
Roadways - paved	95	4074 km	2015
Roadways - total	98	15452 km	2015
Waterways	65	700 km	0

*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.

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