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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Malawi economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Malawi best banks and safest banks are also available.
Major international organizations classify countries by different factors. One criterion that is often used is gross national income (GNI) per capita – the dollar value of a country’s final income in a year, divided by its population
USD 0.8 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
USD 6.9 billion (2018, estimate)
Intl$ 23.7 billion (2018, estimate)
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011* | 2012* | 2013* |
| 9.6% | 7.6% | 8.3% | 6.9% | 4.9% | 1.9% | 5.2% |
| 2014* | 2015* | 2016* | 2017* | 2018* | ||
| 5.7% | 3% | 2.3% | 4% | 3.2% |
*Estimate
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
| 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.02% |
*Estimate
(2017 estimate)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
| 21.9% | 21.7% | 11.5% | 9.2% | 8.8% |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
| 61.2% | 61.3% | 61.5% | 62.9% | 65.1% |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
| -6.3% | -7.3% | -7.3% | -5.5% | -4.9% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: N/A
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
-15.3 % (2018 estimate)
29.2% (2017)
0.01% (2018)
0.003% (2018)
Tobacco (55%), dried legumes (8.8%), sugar (6.7%), tea (5.7%), cotton (2%), peanuts, coffee, soy (2015 est.)
Food, petroleum products, semi-manufactures, consumer goods, transportation equipment
Zimbabwe 13.1%, Mozambique 11.8%, Belgium 10.7%, South Africa 6.3%, Netherlands 5%, UK 4.7%, Germany 4.3%, US 4.2% (2017)
South Africa 20.7%, China 14.2%, India 11.6%, UAE 7%, Netherlands 4.4% (2017)
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 116 million | USD 90 million | USD 102 million |
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 4.2 million | USD 5.0 million | USD 5.7 million |
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
N/A
N/A
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
109 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 153 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 128 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 171 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 90 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 11 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 79 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 135 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 127 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 149 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 134 out of 190 countries
128 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 153 / Score: 51.4 (Mostly unfree)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
English (official), Chichewa (common), Chinyanja, Chiyao, Chitumbuka, Chilomwe, Chinkhonde, Chingoni, Chisena, Chitonga, Chinyakyusa, Chilambya
Protestant 33.5% (includes Church of Central Africa Presbyterian 14.2%, Seventh Day Adventist/Baptist 9.4%, Pentecostal 7.6%, Anglican 2.3%), Roman Catholic 17.2%, other Christian 26.6%, Muslim 13.8%, traditionalist 1.1%, other 5.6%, none 2.1% (2018 est.)
| 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020* |
| 10.04 million | 12.07 million | 15.71 million | 18.11 million | 20.87 million |
*Estimate
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
| 4.4% | 9.1% | 14.6% | 16.9% |
Total population: 62.1%
Male: 69.8%
Female: 55.2%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)
89.4% (last available estimate, 2016)
44.7 (last available estimate, 2016)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Partly Free
Political Rights: 3
Civil Liberties: 3 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 0.1% Mobile: 39% (2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)