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Society profile

Malawi

Malawi: 43 indicators from open sources, newest value for each.

Demography

Population, total 22.2 MWorld Bank2025 Population aged 0-14 40.1%World Bank2025 Population aged 15-64 57.3%World Bank2025 Population aged 65+ 2.6%World Bank2025 Female share of population 51.2%World Bank2025 Urban population 17.6%World Bank2025 Fertility rate 3.6World Bank2024 Adolescent fertility rate 113.3World Bank2024 Life expectancy at birth 67.6yearsWorld Bank2024 Infant mortality 38.0‰World Bank2024 Net migration -5 628World Bank2025

Education

Adult literacy rate 70.2%World Bank2020 Secondary school enrolment 36.6%World Bank2023 Tertiary enrolment 2.7%World Bank2022 Education spending 2.7%World Bank2022

Income

GDP per capita, PPP $1 899$World Bank2025 GNI per capita, PPP $1 880$World Bank2025 Gini index 38.5World Bank2019 Poverty headcount at $2.15/day 75.4%World Bank2019 Income share held by richest 10% 31.0%World Bank2019

Health

Suicide rate 7.6per 100kWorld Bank2021 Health spending 6.5%World Bank2023

Connectivity

Individuals using the internet 19.0%World Bank2024 Mobile subscriptions 69.3per 100World Bank2024 Access to electricity 15.6%World Bank2024

Environment

CO2 emissions per capita 0.2tWorld Bank2024

Trust People

Most people can be trusted survey65.8%Afrobarometer2022

Trust Institutions

Confidence in the government survey27.1%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in parliament survey34.3%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the police survey45.9%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the courts survey63.4%Afrobarometer2022

Gender Roles

Women in national parliament 21.4%World Bank2025

Democracy

It is important to live in a democracy survey59.0%Afrobarometer2022 Satisfied with how democracy works survey41.0%Afrobarometer2022

Immigration Attitudes

Would not want immigrants as neighbours survey20.4%Afrobarometer2022

Employment

Unemployment rate 5.1%World Bank2025 Youth unemployment rate 6.9%World Bank2025 Female labour force participation 58.2%World Bank2025 Male labour force participation 67.3%World Bank2025 Self-employed share 61.3%World Bank2025

Safety

Intentional homicides 1.8per 100kWorld Bank2012 Feels safe walking alone at night survey54.3%Afrobarometer2022

Tolerance

Homosexuality is justifiable survey7.4%Afrobarometer2022

Socially closest countries

  1. Gambia, The82%
  2. Panama78%
  3. Guatemala77%
  4. Paraguay77%
  5. Jordan75%
  6. Tunisia75%

Distance is computed on 10 value questions the two societies were both asked, standardised within each survey so that a different questionnaire does not pass for a different society. Similarity is relative to the widest distance in the world.

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.