Open translate

International Rankings of Malawi - 2022


SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES  Spanish Simplified Chinese French German Russian Hindi Arabic Portuguese

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.
For a definition of each entry, visit the Definitions page.

Ranked Data Rank Value Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 59 0.1 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 167 12255 2020
Internet users - percent of population 78 14 % 2019
Internet users - total 116 2.608 million 2019
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 56 N/A 2022
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 189 N/A 2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 118 52 2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 89 10.005 million 2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures 155 1.567 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget - revenues 153 1.356 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 59 3.4 % of GDP 0
Exports 65 N/A US Dollars 2022
GDP (official exchange rate) 149 7.766 billion US Dollars 2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 116 27.9 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 70 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 84 43.8 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 112 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 17 28.6 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 132 15.4 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 110 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 74 1.2 % 2017
Labor force 64 7.000 million US Dollars 2013
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 9 76.9 % 0
Labor force - by occupation - industry 119 4.1 % 0
Labor force - by occupation - services 144 19 % 2013
Population below poverty line 16 51.5 2016
Public debt 58 N/A % of GDP 2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 135 28.440 billion US Dollars 2020
Real GDP per capita 146 1500 US Dollars 2020
Taxes and other revenues 105 21.7 % of GDP 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 142 1.4 2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 138 1 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 137 1.2 0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke 102 203000 metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas 122 0 metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 159 1.339 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Coal - consumption 103 47000 metric tons 2020
Coal - exports 58 0 metric tons 2020
Coal - imports 108 0 metric tons 2020
Coal - production 68 48000 metric tons 2020
Coal - proven reserves 69 2.000 million metric tons 2019
Electricity - consumption 150 1.117 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - exports 94 0 kWh 2019
Electricity - imports 113 0 kWh 2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity 139 618000 kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 126 460.000 million kWh 2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste 33 3.2 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 136 11.8 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal 16 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 17 81.9 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear 34 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 37 3.2 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave 5 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - wind 70 0 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 178 1.809 million Btu/person 2019
Natural gas - consumption 119 0 cubic meters 2021
Natural gas - exports 55 0 cubic meters 2021
Natural gas - imports 86 0 cubic meters 2021
Natural gas - production 94 0 cubic meters 2021
Natural gas - proven reserves 90 0 cubic meters 2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports 70 0 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports 80 0 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves 87 0 bbl/day 2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 153 9400 bbl/day 2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production 101 0 bbl/day 2021
Refined petroleum products - exports 122 0 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - imports 163 4769 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - production 108 0 bbl/day 2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions 144 1.3 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 84 11.12 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 79 22.14 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 39 59.2 2018
Land use - arable land 17 38.2 2018
Land use - forest 79 34 2018
Land use - other 156 6.8 2018
Land use - permanent crops 65 1.4 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 75 19.6 2018
Revenue from coal 26 0.03 % of GDP 2018
Revenue from forest resources 9 6.19 % of GDP 2018
Total renewable water resources 119 17.280 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 84 1.166 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial 119 47.700 million cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal 120 143.100 million cubic meters 2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 8 4.41 2025
Urbanization - urban population 168 18.3 2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually 118 N/A tons 2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually 118 N/A tons 2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled 86 N/A % 2022
Geography
Area - land 106 94080 sq km 0
Area - total 97 118484 sq km 0
Area - water 3 24.404 million sq km 0
Coastline 159 0 km 0
Elevation - highest point 187 N/A meters 0
Elevation - lowest point 27 37 meters 0
Elevation - mean elevation 39 779 meters 0
Irrigated land 99 740 sq km 2012
Land boundaries - total 65 2857 km 0
Land use - agricultural land 39 59.2 2018
Land use - arable land 17 38.2 2018
Land use - forest 79 34 2018
Land use - other 156 6.8 2018
Land use - permanent crops 65 1.4 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 75 19.6 2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years 12 20.51 5939
Age structure - 25-54 years 190 27.96 2195
Age structure - 55-64 years 193 2.98 8092
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer 140 0.08 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols 14 1.7 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits 110 0.25 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 115 2.04 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine 93 0 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Birth rate 35 27.94 births/1,000 population 2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 52 9 % 2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate 38 65.6 % 1920
Current health expenditure 38 7.4 % of GDP 2019
Death rate 162 4.58 deaths/1,000 population 2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 133 5 % 0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 18 20.1 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 15 84.7 % 0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 16 79.7 % 0
Drinking water source - improved 29 96.7 % of population 0
Drinking water source - rural 65 9 % of population 0
Drinking water source - total 48 8 % of population 2020
Drinking water source - unimproved 33 3.3 % of population 0
Education expenditures 55 2.9 % of GDP 2020
Hospital bed density 57 1.3 beds/1,000 population 2011
Infant mortality rate - female 43 28.93 deaths/1,000 live births 2022
Infant mortality rate - male 40 37.86 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Infant mortality rate - total 40 33.43 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Life expectancy at birth - female 120 75.59 years 2022
Life expectancy at birth - male 124 69.33 years 0
Life expectancy at birth - total population 123 72.44 years 0
Literacy - female 98 55.2 % 2015
Literacy - male 83 69.8 % 0
Literacy - total population 92 62.1 % 0
Maternal mortality ratio 26 349 deaths/100,000 live births 2017
Median age - female 153 16.9 years 2020
Median age - male 143 16.7 years 0
Median age - total 141 16.8 years 0
Mother's mean age at first birth 81 19.1 1516
Net migration rate 74 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population 0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 124 5.8 % 2016
Physicians density 151 0.05 physicians/1,000 population 2020
Population 59 20.794 million 2022
Population growth rate 27 2.34 % 2022
Sanitation facility access - improved 83 59.9 % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - rural 27 64.1 % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - total 11 60 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 10 40.1 % of population 0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female 12 11 years 2011
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male 9 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 0.97 0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years 26 0.95 0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years 31 0.9 0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 33 0.64 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - at birth 11 1.02 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - total population 21 0.96 male(s)/female 0
Tobacco use - female 76 4.1 % 2020
Tobacco use - male 104 17.5 % 2020
Tobacco use - total 97 10.8 % 2020
Total fertility rate 35 3.4 children born/woman 2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 8 4.41 2025
Urbanization - urban population 168 18.3 2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 142 1.4 2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 138 1 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 137 1.2 0
Transportation
Airports 92 32 2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 42 2 0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m 38 N/A 2022
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m 39 4 2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m 25 1 0
Airports - with paved runways - total 69 7 0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m 35 N/A 2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 29 1 0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m 47 11 0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total 72 25 2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m 55 13 2021
Heliports 23 N/A 2022
Merchant marine - total 134 N/A 2022
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 130 10000 2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 149 10545 2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 91 9 0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 26 2 2020
Railways - standard gauge 71 N/A 2022
Railways - total 95 767 km 2014
Roadways - paved 94 4074 km 2015
Roadways - total 96 15452 km 2015
Waterways 71 700 km 2010

*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 Malawi on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Malawi 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Malawi 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

This page was last modified 04 May 24, Copyright © 2024 ITA all rights reserved.