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REPORTING ECONOMY · MWI

Malawi, in context.

Annual data for Malawi. These observations describe the source's reporting country or area; they do not represent individual local regions or cities.

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MW Malawi2025

Employment ratio

59.4%% of population aged 15+ (modeled ILO estimate)
-0.3 pp year over year
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MW Malawi2025

Population

22.2Mpeople
+2.6% year over year
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MW Malawi2025

Unemployment

5.1%% of the labor force (modeled ILO estimate)
+0.0 pp year over year
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MW MalawiUnavailable

Electricity consumption

Not availablekilowatt-hours per person
No comparable prior period
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MW Malawi2025

GDP per capita

$548.2constant 2015 US$ per person
-0.7% year over year
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MW Malawi2025

Inflation

28.4%annual change in consumer prices (%)
-3.8 pp year over year
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MW Malawi2025

Total GDP

$12.2Bconstant 2015 US$
+1.9% year over year
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MW Malawi2024

Life expectancy

67.6years at birth
+0.3% year over year
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The reporting boundary matters.

These annual series use the publisher's country or economy boundaries. A reporting-area average cannot tell you what a specific city, neighborhood, or household experiences.

Geography definition

Canonical geography identifier
entity.geo.malawi
World Bank reporting code
MWI
Geographic region
Africa · Eastern Africa
Classification
UN M49 geographic classification · M49 454
Reporting scope
World Bank reporting country or area, classified in Eastern Africa by UN M49. Statistical grouping does not assert sovereignty.

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