Country profile
Malawi
Africa · Capital: Lilongwe · Currency: Malawian kwacha (MWK)
Malawi is a country in Africa, with its capital at Lilongwe. It has a GDP of $11.31B (2024), a population of 22.2M (2025), a GDP per capita of $522.
- GDP
- $11.31B
- GDP per capita
- $522
- Population
- 22.2M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $1,899
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2025 · #60 of 216
2025 · #181 of 185
Economy
- GDP
- $11.31B2024 · #148
- GDP per capita
- $5222024 · #197
- GDP growth
- 1.67%2024 · #150
- Inflation
- 32.18%2024 · #167
- Unemployment
- 5.07%2025 · #89
- Population
- 22.2M2025 · #60
- GDP (PPP)
- $42.19B2025 · #134
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $1,8992025 · #181
- Gini index
- 38.52019 · #107
- Government debt
- 74.5%2026 · #141
People
- Median age
- 20.3 yrs2024 · #203
- Fertility rate
- 3.6 children/woman2024 · #41
- Urbanization
- 17.6%2025 · #213
- Net migration
- −5,628/yr2025 · #137
- Life expectancy
- 67.6 yrs2024 · #170
- HDI
- 0.5172023 · #172
- Homicide rate
- 1.8 per 100k2012 · #73
Money
- Corporate tax
- 30%2024 · #27
- Top income tax
- 35%2024 · #58
Figures
- Internet users
- 19.0%2024 · #173
- CO₂ per capita
- 0.2 t2024 · #179
- Area
- 118,484 km²#101
- Population density
- 188 /km²2025 · #66
- McDonald's
- 02024
- Unicorn startups
- 02026-03
- Billionaires
- 02026
- Passport power
- 71 destinations2026 · #122
- Corruption index
- 34/1002024 · #108
- Military spending
- 1.0%2024 · #103
- Renewable energy
- 71.1%2021 · #28