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IndicatorMWIMalawiSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.81rank #55
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile34.7rank #142
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.47rank #56
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.32rank #83
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.75rank #63
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile37.2rank #157
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.81rank #55
Military spending% GDP1%rank #103
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.37rank #64
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile59.4rank #135
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile45.6rank #141
Rule of Law0-100 percentile54.4rank #105
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.57rank #78
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.56rank #65
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.46rank #65
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile54.9rank #106
Women in parliament% seats21.4%rank #108
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.76rank #76
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment65%rank #8
Agriculture value added% GDP30%rank #10
Annual working hours per workerhours1,595.7rank #108
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker2,816.3rank #174
Current account balance% GDP-18.8%rank #160
Employment-to-population ratio%58.9%rank #77
External debt stocks% GNI35.2%rank #36
FDI net inflows% GDP2.3%rank #104
GDPcurrent US$14.92Brank #142
GDP growth%1.9%rank #136
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$671.5rank #181
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $1,623rank #181
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $1,633.7rank #184
Government expenditure% GDP20.2%rank #82
Gross capital formation% GDP15.7%rank #115
Gross savings% GDP-2%rank #145
High-technology exports% manuf. exports1.6%rank #106
Human capital indexindex2rank #112
Industry value added% GDP14.3%rank #143
Inflation%28.4%rank #161
Labour force participation rate%62.1%rank #87
Personal remittances received% GDP1.7%rank #90
R&D expenditure% GDP0.18%rank #79
Researchers in R&Dper million25.2rank #82
Tax revenue% GDP15.6%rank #54
Trade openness% GDP39.4%rank #119
Unemployment% labor force5.1%rank #88
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%5.1%rank #88
Vulnerable employment% employment59.9%rank #143
Youth unemployment% ages 15-246.9%rank #43
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-247%rank #42
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop73.1%rank #148
Basic sanitation access% pop49.2%rank #142
Child mortalityper 1004.9rank #128
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,618.3rank #139
DTP3 immunization coverage%91%rank #9
Health spending% GDP6.5%rank #95
Infant mortalityper 1k births38rank #123
Life expectancyyears67.6rank #171
Maternal mortalityper 100k225rank #83
Measles immunization% children89%rank #11
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%89%rank #11
Physiciansper 1k0.05rank #119
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m316.7rank #97
Road traffic deathsper 100k33.4rank #129
Smoking prevalence% adults8.9%rank #18
Suicide mortality rateper 100k7.6rank #90
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k113rank #95
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births48.8rank #167
Undernourishment% pop21.4%rank #61
Education
Adult literacy%70.2%rank #38
Education spending% GDP2.7%rank #129
Expected years of schoolingyears9.9rank #173
Mean years of schoolingyears5.2rank #164
Primary completion rate% relevant age70.1%rank #102
Primary enrollment% gross139%rank #3
Secondary enrollment% gross36.6%rank #143
Tertiary enrollment% gross2.7%rank #126
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00031.1rank #26
Fertility ratebirths/woman3.6rank #41
Median age of populationyears17.6rank #202
Net migration rateper 1,000-0.28rank #114
Populationpeople22.22Mrank #60
Population growth%2.6%rank #23
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years71.7rank #172
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands37,361.7rank #55
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age78.3rank #22
Urban population%17.6%rank #203
Climate
CO₂ emissionst1.88Mrank #157
CO₂ per capitat0.09rank #201
Electricity access% pop15.6%rank #79
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation92.4%rank #6
Electricity from solar% generation0.55%rank #138
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #104
Forest area% land22.4%rank #127
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita1rank #14
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh54.7rank #14
Renewable electricity%95.6%rank #8
Renewable energy share%62.9%rank #15
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e21.7rank #72
Society
Asylum seekerspeople1,779rank #84
Extreme poverty% pop75.4%rank #37
Female labor participation%58.2%rank #59
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1000.09rank #146
Gender Development Indexratio0.93rank #78
Gender Inequality Index0-10.58rank #137
Gini indexindex38.5rank #50
Homicide rateper 100k1.8rank #49
Human Development Index0-10.52rank #139
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.37rank #117
Internet users% pop19%rank #171
Life satisfaction0-103.3rank #142
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.51rank #109
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.21rank #182
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.58rank #149
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.84rank #181
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.96rank #202
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people35,241rank #72
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people551rank #62
Youth NEET rate%21.9%rank #113
Risk
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-104.2rank #36
Human hazard & exposure0-104.4rank #36
INFORM risk score0-105.4rank #43
Lack of coping capacity0-105.9rank #49
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-106.7rank #57
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-104.9rank #28
Natural hazard & exposure0-103.9rank #26
Socio-economic vulnerability0-106.5rank #62
Vulnerability0-106.3rank #51
Vulnerable groups0-106rank #54
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