Malawi Malawi

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Malawi, is a country located at Eastern Africa, it has an area of 118,480 Km2.

Malawi, with a population of 19,889,742 people, it is ranked at 62º position by population of 196 countries and has a population density of 168 people per km2.

It's capital is Lilongwe and its currency is Kwacha

Malawi is holding the 145 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2022 was 8,942 millions of euros (9,424 millions of dollars), ( 75.17% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €450 euros per inhabitant$474 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Malawi, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.512 points in 2021, leaving it in 169th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Malawi are business, you must know it's in the 109th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Malawi, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Malawi Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€11,896M
Annual GDP [+]2022$12,537M
GDP per capita [+]2022€598
GDP per capita [+]2022$630
Debt (M.€.) [+]20228,942
Debt ($M) [+]20229,424
Debt (%GDP) [+]202275.17%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€450
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$474
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-1,112
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-1,171
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-9.34%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20223,172.4
Expenditure ($M) [+]20223,343.3
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2020301.8
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2020344.5
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202011.50%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2017234.2
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2017264.4
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20179.78%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]202275.7
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]202279.8
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20222.86%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202226.67%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€160
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$168
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020€16
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020$18
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€9
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$10
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€4
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$4
Fitch Rating [+]03/06/2007B-
Corruption Index [+]202234
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2019128º
Fragile States Index [+]201885.5
RTI Raking [+]202233º
Innovation Ranking [+]2018114º
Labour
NMW [+]2020$46.7
Human Capital Ranking [+]2017109º
Business
Doing Business [+]2020109º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 2019598
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20190.08
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]20157.67
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202110.8%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/201316.50%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202030.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]2018871,000
Exports [+]2021€739.1M
Exports [+]2021$874.1M
Exports % GDP [+]20217.01%
Imports [+]2021€2,597.9M
Imports [+]2021$3,072.5M
Imports % GDP [+]202124.64%
Trade balance [+]2021€-1,858.8M
Trade balance [+]2021$-2,198.4M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2021-17.63%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201595º
Density [+]2021168
Global Peace Ranking [+]202374º
Remittance received ($M) [+]201737.7
% Immigrant [+]20200.99%
% Emigrant [+]20201.61%
Birth Rate [+]202132.86‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]201738.6
Crude death rate [+]20216.98‰
Fertility Rate [+]20213.92
% risk of poverty [+]201950.7%
Population [+]202119,889,742
Immigrant stock [+]2020191,362
Emigrant stock [+]2020311,052
HDI [+]20210.512
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2023110º
Life expectancy [+]202162.90
Suicides [+]2015947
Suicide rate [+]20155.23
Number of homicides [+]2012279
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20121.79
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20210.09
Consumption GWh [+]2021964
Generation GWh [+]20211,424
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/05/20242,686
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/05/202489,168
Fully vaccinated [+]09/24/20234,288,014
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/05/2024135.04
Doses administered [+]09/24/20238,503,954