Malawi
General information
Capital: Lilongwe
Currency unit: Malawi kwacha
Official language: English, Nyanja
Area: 94,280 km²
Population in million: 18,143,300.0
GDP per capita (current US dollars): 389
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): 1,311
Demography
Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 77.3
Annual growth rate of the population: 2.6 %
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 35.3 %
Life expectancy at birth: 63.3 ans
Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 66 %
Production
Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 7,064,970,000.00
Agriculture value added of GDP: 26.1
Industry value added of GDP: 14.4
Services value added of GDP: 4.0
Trade
Total exports in billions of US dollars: 869,254.00
Total imports in billions of US dollars: 1,441,270.00
Major manufactured products (as % of total exports) :
Radioactive chemical elements (6.39 %)
Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans and waistcoats (0.63 %)
Women's blouses and shirts (0.56 %)
Articles for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics (0.50 %)
Fibreboard of wood (0.28 %)
Weight of major primary products excluding minerals and oil (as % of total exports) :
Unmanufactured tobacco (52.76 %)
Cane or beet sugar (5.72 %)
Tea (5.61 %)
Dried leguminous vegetables (4.21 %)
Cotton, not carded or combed (2.93 %)
Global Sustainable Competitiveness Indicator
The indicator highlights the scores of each of the three pillars of the sustainable competitiveness. A larger area means a higher score (0-100) and therefore a more favorable economic situation.
| 2020 | Malawi | |
|---|---|---|
| Global Sustainable Competitiveness Indicator | 40 | |
| National attractiveness Malawi: 29 | 29 | |
| Price competitiveness Malawi: 35 | 35 | |
| Durability and resistance to vulnerabilities Malawi: 57 | 57 | |
| Revealed competitivenes and economic performances Malawi: - | - |
National attractiveness
| 2020 | Malawi | |
|---|---|---|
| National attractiveness | 29 | |
| Infrastructures Malawi: 11 | 11 | |
| Market Malawi: 22 | 22 | |
| Human and financial capital Malawi: 20 | 20 | |
| Political and economic governance Malawi: 60 | 60 |
Price competitiveness
| Malawi | ||
|---|---|---|
| Price competitiveness | 35 | |
| Macroeconomic competitiveness Malawi: 25 | 25 | |
| Products competitiveness Malawi: 73 | 73 |
Durability and resistance to vulnerabilities
| 2020 | Malawi | |
|---|---|---|
| Durability and resistance to vulnerabilities | 57 | |
| Economical vulnerability Malawi: 73 | 73 | |
| Physical Vulnerability to Climate Change Index (PVCCI) Malawi: 50 | 50 | |
| Internal Violence Index (IVI) Malawi: 9 | 9 |
Revealed competitivenes and economic performances
| Malawi | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revealed competitivenes and economic performances | - | |
| Weighted market shares index of the 5 major exported primary products (except oil and ores) Malawi: 139 | 139 | |
| Weighted market shares index of the 5 major exported manufactured products Malawi: 876 | 876 |