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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 0.6 billion (2014)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved January 2017
USD 6.4 billion (2017, estimate)
Intl$ 22.7 billion (2017, estimate)
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012* |
| 4.7% | 9.6% | 7.6% | 8.3% | 6.9% | 4.9% | 1.9% |
| 2013* | 2014* | 2015* | 2016* | 2017* | ||
| 5.2% | 5.7% | 3% | 2.7% | 4.5% |
*Estimate
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2017* |
| 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.02% |
*Estimate
(2016 estimate)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| 28.3% | 23.8% | 21.9% | 19.8% | 13.9% |
*Estimate
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Estimate
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| 100.3% | 94.6% | 82% | 72.1% | 65.5% |
*Estimate
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| -6.4% | -4.8% | -5.2% | -6.4% | -3.9% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: N/A
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
-9.3% (2017 estimate)
29.2% (2015)
0.008% (2015)
0.002% (2015)
Tobacco 53%, tea, sugar, cotton, coffee, peanuts, wood products, apparel (2010 estimate)
Food, petroleum products, semi-manufactures, consumer goods, transportation equipment
Belgium 15.8%, Zimbabwe 12%, India 6.9%, South Africa 6.2%, US 6%, Russia 5.6%, Germany 4.6% (2015)
South Africa 26.4%, China 16.7%, India 12%, Zambia 10.3%, Tanzania 6% (2015)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 120 million | USD 130 million | USD 143 million |
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD -46 million | USD -50 million | USD -15 million |
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| 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: 133 out of 190 countries (2017)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 150 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 148 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 95 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 101 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 132 out of 190 countries
Trading Across Borders: 118 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 102 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 65 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 169 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 162 out of 190 countries
134 out of 138 countries
(2016-2017)
Ranking: 146 / Score: 51.8 (Mostly unfree) (2016)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
English (official), Chichewa (common), Chinyanja, Chiyao, Chitumbuka, Chilomwe, Chinkhonde, Chingoni, Chisena, Chitonga, Chinyakyusa, Chilambya
Christian 82.6%, Muslim 13%, other 1.9%, none 2.5% (2008 est.)
| 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016* | 2021* |
| 10.039 million | 12.07 million | 15.714 million | 18.632 million | 21.474 million |
*Estimate
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
| 4% | 9% | 15% | 16% |
Total population: 65.8%
Male: 73%
Female: 58.6% (2015 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
51.8% (2010)
46.1 (2010)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Political Rights: 3
Civil Liberties: 3 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 0.08% Mobile 37.94% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)