Facts about Malawi

Climate change is making life tough for Malawian small-scale farmers. However, Norwegian efforts have contributed to improving food security.
Estimated population (2010)
14,9 millions

Economy

Gross national income per capita (2010)
343 USD
Economic growth, GDP (2010)
7,1 %
Economic structure, percentage of GDP(2009)
Agriculture
30,5 %
Industry
16,1 %
Services
53,4 %
Defence spending, percentage of GDP (2007)
1,2 %
Especially fragile state, (OECD/DAC) ()
No
Development assistance per capita (2009)
50,6 USD
Development assistance, percentage of GDP (2009)
16,6 %

Health

Malnutrition, children under 5 (2006)
53,2 %
Child mortality per 1000(2009)
110
Change 2000 - 2009
-54
Maternal mortality per 1000 births (2006)
8,1
HIV infection rate, age group 15-49 (2009)
11 %
Access to safe drinking water (2008)
80 %
Percentage of urban population living in slums (2007)
67,7 %
Human Development Index (HDI level ) (2010)
0,39

Scale from zero to one, one is the highest level of welfare.

Education

Children in school (2009)
93,1 %
Illiteracy rate, age group 15-24 (2009)
26,3 %
Ratio of girls to 100 boys attending school(2009)
Primary
102,9
Secondary
87,6
Tertiary
Not available

Women

Percentage of women in Parliament (2010)
20,8 %
Women's pay as proportion of men's pay, formal sector ()
Not available

Environment

Area protected for biological diversity (2008)
15,5 %

Corruption

Level of corruption according to the TI Corruption Perception Index (2010)
3,4

Scale from zero to ten, zero is the highest level of corruption.