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Malawi MW

Sub-Saharan Africa · Low income · capital Lilongwe

Population
22,216,120
2025
GDP
$14.9 billion
2025
Life expectancy
67.6 y
2024

In the live services

corpusrows for this country
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Geospatial extent

Bounding box 32.66°–35.90° E, -17.14°–-9.38° N · centroid -13.26, 34.28 · source natural-earth-1:110m

Map © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Extent only; no cadastre or address data.

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Top research institutions

OpenAlex works counts; not a quality ranking.

Legal system

mixed system of English common law and customary law; Supreme Court of Appeal reviews legislative acts

CIA World Factbook (factbook.json)

Measured indicators

indicatorvalueyearsource
account_ownership50.42024World Bank FX.OWN.TOTL.ZS
Account ownership (% age 15+)50.42024World Bank
Agricultural land (% of land)65.02024World Bank
air_freight0.02023World Bank IS.AIR.GOOD.MT.K1
Air passengers carried3,507.02023World Bank
airline_routes_departures17.02026OpenFlights route database
airports_openflights10.02026OpenFlights airport database
airports_total1,002.02023World Bank IS.AIR.DPRT
armed_forces_pct0.22020World Bank MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS
armed_forces_personnel15,000.02020World Bank MS.MIL.TOTL.P1
Arms imports (SIPRI TIV)2,000,000.02024World Bank
arrivals871,000.02018World Bank ST.INT.ARVL
atm_per_100k3.92024World Bank FB.ATM.TOTL.P5
bachelors_attainment_pct1.32020World Bank SE.TER.CUAT.BA.ZS
bank_branches_p51.72024World Bank FB.CBK.BRCH.P5
bank_capital_ratio_pct8.22023World Bank FB.BNK.CAPA.ZS
bank_capital_to_assets_pct8.22023World Bank FB.BNK.CAPA.ZS
basic_water_pct73.12024World Bank
broad_money_growth45.12024World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.ZG
broad_money_pct27.22024World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.GD.ZS
broad_money_pct_gdp27.22024World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.GD.ZS
budget_debt_pct_gdp61.82023World Bank
budget_expense_pct_gdp20.22022World Bank
central_gov_debt_pct_gdp61.82023World Bank GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
cereal_tonnes3,279,465.22024World Bank AG.PRD.CREL.MT
che_gdp_pct6.52023WHO Global Health Observatory GHED_CHEGDP_SHA2011
che_per_capita_usd41.32023WHO Global Health Observatory GHED_CHE_pc_US_SHA2011
child_stunting_pct35.52020World Bank World Development Indicators (2026)
claims_on_central_gov27.92024World Bank FS.AST.CGOV.GD.ZS
clean_fuels_cooking2.02024World Bank EG.CFT.ACCS.ZS
Clinical trials involving this country (ClinicalTrials.gov)382.02026ClinicalTrials.gov v2 (country from trial locations)
contradictions_total1.02026encyclopedia.db prose claim graph (precision-gated advisory; P17/P27 subject)
cpi1,313.22025World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL
CPIA business-regulatory rating (1-6, World Bank)3.02025World Bank IQ.CPA.BREG.XQ
CPIA financial-sector rating (1-6)2.52025World Bank IQ.CPA.FINQ.XQ
CPIA public-sector management rating (1-6)3.02025World Bank IQ.CPA.PUBS.XQ
CPIA trade rating (1-6)3.52025World Bank IQ.CPA.TRAD.XQ
crime_unodc_intentional_homicide_victims1.72012https://data.humdata.org/dataset/dcfea0b9-3f1d-47d8-b118-5207bc6149b5/resource/da23d592-5bc9-4068-aaaf-844cf914faca/download/homicide_report_total_and_sex.xlsx
crop_production_idx134.22024World Bank AG.PRD.CROP.XD
cts_homicide_count279.02012UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_homicide_rate1.82012UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
Ease of doing business rank (archived DB2020)109.02020World Bank Doing Business archive (DB2020 revised, project discontinued 2021)
Ease of doing business score (archived DB2020)60.92020World Bank Doing Business archive (DB2020 revised, project discontinued 2021)
defense_spend_usd162,819,193.42025World Bank MS.MIL.XPND.CD
dentists_per_10k5.82024WHO Global Health Observatory HWF_0006
Emigrants living abroad (UN DESA 2020)125,626.02020UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2020 (bulk xlsx)
International migrant stock (UN DESA 2020)97,750.02020UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2020 (bulk xlsx)
domestic_credit_private_pct7.92024World Bank FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS
dpt_immun_pct91.02024World Bank SH.IMM.IDPT
edu_spend_per_student_primary8.22016World Bank SE.XPD.PRIM.PC.ZS
edu_spend_per_student_secondary24.02016World Bank SE.XPD.SECO.PC.ZS
edu_spend_per_student_tertiary1,317.62011World Bank SE.XPD.TERT.PC.ZS
education_spend_pct_gdp2.72022World Bank World Development Indicators (2026)
education_spend_secondary28.82016World Bank SE.XPD.SECO.ZS
education_spend_tertiary23.12016World Bank SE.XPD.TERT.ZS
Access to electricity (%)15.62024World Bank
electricity_access_rural6.42024World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS
electricity_access_urban59.52024World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.UR.ZS
electricity_capacity_gw0.62024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_emissions_mtco2e0.12024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_clean_twh1.82024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_demand_twh1.82024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_fossil_twh0.12024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_hydro,_bioenergy_and_other_renewables_twh1.72024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_renewables_twh1.82024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_twh1.82024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_wind_and_solar_twh0.02024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_share_bioenergy_pct2.72024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_share_coal_pct0.02024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_share_gas_pct0.02024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_share_hydro_pct92.32024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_share_net_imports_pct-1.12024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_share_nuclear_pct0.02024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_share_other_fossil_pct4.42024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_share_other_renewables_pct0.02024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_share_solar_pct0.52024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_share_wind_pct0.02024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
ember_capacity_gw_bioenergy0.02024https://files.ember-energy.org/public-downloads/generation/outputs/release_generation_yearly_global.csv
ember_capacity_gw_bioenergy_20000.02000https://files.ember-energy.org/public-downloads/generation/outputs/release_generation_yearly_global.csv
ember_capacity_gw_bioenergy_20010.02001https://files.ember-energy.org/public-downloads/generation/outputs/release_generation_yearly_global.csv
showing 80 of 68,962 measured series — full list: CSV · JSON

Language

English canonical body. 275 name labels held (Wikidata). Missing languages are absent, not machine-translated.

Lane coverage

Measured, not promised
lanestatus what exists
patents · serviceYELLOW · partialstale data (2016) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 patent-document corpus (0%); only patent-count series present. Missing: full national patent-office document corpus. source
legal · serviceYELLOW · partial1 primary-law documents, 0 with full text mirrored (newest 2017); corpus covers this jurisdiction's official texts, not every instrument ever made source
alerts · serviceGREEN · ingested0 alerts in current GDACS/USGS window (measured, not an all-clear). | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — full current GDACS (125) + USGS (284) window (409 alert rows) with per-record metadata. Kept green. source
defense · serviceGREEN · ingestedmilitary expenditure (% of GDP), SIPRI series via World Bank; not procurement, capabilities or intent source
space · serviceYELLOW · partialno orbital launch site in this country in the GCAT launch log (1942-2026) source
maps · serviceGREEN · ingestedNatural Earth 1:10m boundary + centroid + bbox area computed (25.1 deg2); no cadastre, address data or navigation map. GADM L0 fallback: ok (gadm41_MWI_0.json). | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — Natural Earth 1:10m boundary + GADM L0 fallback for every mapped country; complete geodata record set. Kept green. source
passport · serviceGLOBAL · service livepass.go-v.org is live; per-country identity documents are NOT ingested source
research · serviceGREEN · ingested9,521 scholarly works since 2021 with authoring institutions here (OpenAlex); a publication index, not a quality ranking source
economy · serviceGREEN · ingestedGDP per capita, current US$ (World Bank); not a cost-of-living or inequality measure source
health · serviceGREEN · ingestedlife expectancy at birth, World Bank; not a health system performance rating source
education · serviceYELLOW · partialprimary school enrolment (% gross), World Bank; tertiary data is shown when available source
energy · serviceGREEN · ingestedaccess to electricity (% of population), World Bank source
water · serviceYELLOW · partialat least basic drinking water (% of population), World Bank/WHO; safely managed data shown when available source
connectivity · serviceYELLOW · partialfixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people, World Bank/ITU; internet-user share shown when available source
crimeYELLOW · partialstale data (2021) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 13 numeric UNODC/OWID crime series rows only. Missing: full UNODC CTS offence/incident records. source
conflictYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full UCDP/GDELT event corpus. source
businessYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full company/enterprise registry corpus. source
scienceGREEN · ingestedstale data (2019) OpenAlex institutions snapshot 2026-10: 50 institutions, works counted per country; CC0 1.0. source
prisonYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full World Prison Brief prison corpus. source
interpolYELLOW · partial1 public Interpol Red Notice(s) in the 2026-11-08T00:47:49Z snapshot list a national of this country. Not a crime rate; Interpol controls/withdraws notices and the unfiltered public API is capped, so the set is incomplete. source
armsYELLOW · partialSIPRI arms-transfer trend indicator values (imports and exports) via the World Bank; TIV is a trend measure, not currency source
sanctionsGREEN · ingestedOFAC SDN 0 + UN consolidated 0 + EU 0 designation reference(s), snapshot 2026-10-26; counts are list references (text/code attribution), not convictions or proof of activity; 0 is a measured zero against these three ingested lists | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — full OFAC SDN (19,471), UN consolidated (1,001) and EU (11,154) designation lists with per-record metadata (snapshot 2026-10-26). Kept green. source
agricultureGREEN · ingestedagricultural land (% of land area), World Bank/FAO source
foodYELLOW · partialprevalence of undernourishment (%), World Bank/FAO; a modelled estimate, not a survey of every household source
laborYELLOW · partialunemployment (% of labour force), ILO modelled estimate via World Bank source
financeYELLOW · partialaccount ownership (% age 15+), World Bank Findex source
environmentGREEN · ingestedforest area (% of land area), World Bank/FAO source
tradeGREEN · ingestedtrade (% of GDP), World Bank source
migrationYELLOW · partialnet migration (5-year estimate), World Bank/UN source
tourismYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 10 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full UNWTO tourism corpus. source
housingYELLOW · partialurban population (% of total), World Bank; not a housing-cost or tenure measure source
transportYELLOW · partialair passengers carried, World Bank/ICAO; one mode only source
investmentYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full FDI/investment corpus. source
remittancesYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full WB/IMF remittance corpus. source
health_financeYELLOW · partialstale data (2023) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full WHO GHED health-finance corpus. source
budgetYELLOW · partialstale data (2023) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full national budget/tender corpus. source
treatyYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full UNTC treaty-text corpus. source

Related in this region

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Backlinks

Department pages with measured records for Malawi:

patents legal alerts defense space maps research economy health education energy water connectivity crime conflict business science prison interpol arms sanctions agriculture food labor finance environment trade migration tourism housing transport investment remittances health_finance budget treaty

patents recipes legal alerts defense space passport research

estate.json .well-known alias

Cite this page

Malawi (MW). go-v.org estate, https://estate.116.202.234.183.nip.io/mw. Data: World Bank Open Data, OpenAlex, WIPO, Natural Earth, OpenStreetMap. Accessed 2026-11-08.