Malawi
General information
Capital: Lilongwe
Currency unit: Malawi kwacha
Official language: English, Nyanja
Area: 118,480 km²
Population in million: 18.6
GDP per capita (current US dollars): 338
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): 1,202
Demography
Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 77.0
Annual growth rate of the population: 2.9 %
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 38.5 %
Life expectancy at birth: 63.2 ans
Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 66 %
Production
Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 6.30
Agriculture value added of GDP: 26.1
Industry value added of GDP: 14.4
Services value added of GDP: 52.4
Trade
Total exports in billions of US dollars: 0.93
Total imports in billions of US dollars: 1.13
Major manufactured products (as % of total exports) :
Radioactive chemical elements (6.44 %)
Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans and waistcoats (0.63 %)
Women's blouses and shirts (0.56 %)
Articles for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics (0.51 %)
Fibreboard of wood (0.28 %)
Weight of major primary products excluding minerals and oil (as % of total exports) :
Unmanufactured tobacco (53.17 %)
Cane or beet sugar (5.77 %)
Tea (5.65 %)
Dried leguminous vegetables (4.25 %)
Cotton, not carded or combed (2.95 %)