PAINTMAPS.comGeneral Information for Malawi | ||
| What is the capital city of Malawi ? | Lilongwe |  |
| What is the total area of Malawi ? (km2) | 118.484 | |
| What is the population in Malawi ? (2020) | 19.129.952 | |
| What is the median age in Malawi ? | 18 | |
| What is the iso country code for Malawi ? (2lt) | MW | |
| What is the iso country code for Malawi ? (3lt) | MWI | |
| What continent is Malawi in ? | Africa | |
| What currency is used in Malawi ? | Malawian Kwacha | |
| What is the currency code for Malawi ? | MWK | |
| What is the tel code for Malawi ? | +265 | |
| What language use in Malawi ? | English | |
| What is the language code for English ? | EN | |
| What is the internet TLD code for Malawi ? | .mw | |
| Where is the highest place in Malawi ? | Mount Mulanje (3002 m.) | |
| Where is the lowest place in Malawi ? | Shire River (37 m.) | |
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Worldbank Country Statistics for Malawi | |
 Secondary education, duration (years) | 6 |
| Lower secondary school starting age (years) | 12 |
| Procedures to build a warehouse (number) | 13 |
| Time required to build a warehouse (days) | 153 |
| Total tax rate (% of commercial profits) | 34,5 |
| Profit tax (% of commercial profits) | 20,4 |
| Tax payments (number) | 35 |
| Other taxes payable by businesses (% of commercial profits) | 1,7 |
| Labor tax and contributions (% of commercial profits) | 12,4 |
| Time to prepare and pay taxes (hours) | 169 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business, male (number) | 7 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business, female (number) | 7 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business (number) | 7 |
| Time required to start a business, male (days) | 37 |
| Time required to start a business, female (days) | 37 |
| Time required to start a business (days) | 37 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures (% of GNI per capita) | 0 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures, male (% of GNI per capita) | 32,6 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures, female (% of GNI per capita) | 32,6 |
| Procedures to register property (number) | 6 |
| Time required to register property (days) | 47 |
| Time required to enforce a contract (days) | 522 |
| Strength of legal rights index (0=weak to 12=strong) | 11 |
| Time to resolve insolvency (years) | 2,6 |
| Time to import, documentary compliance (hours) | 55 |
| Time to import, border compliance (hours) | 55 |
| PPG, private creditors (INT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, other private creditors (INT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, commercial banks (INT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, bonds (INT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, official creditors (INT, current US$) | 21.829.400 |
| PPG, multilateral (INT, current US$) | 13.884.100 |
| Interest payments on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (INT, current US$) | 0 |
| Interest payments on external debt, long-term (INT, current US$) | 21.829.400 |
| Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) | 22,92 |
| Primary education, duration (years) | 6 |
| Primary school starting age (years) | 6 |
| Cost to import, documentary compliance (US$) | 161,5 |
| Cost to import, border compliance (US$) | 143,5 |
| Time to export, documentary compliance (hours) | 75 |
| Time to export, border compliance (hours) | 78,1 |
| Cost to export, documentary compliance (US$) | 341,8 |
| Cost to export, border compliance (US$) | 242,9 |
| Time required to get electricity (days) | 127 |
| Public credit registry coverage (% of adults) | 0 |
| Private credit bureau coverage (% of adults) | 40,2 |
| Depth of credit information index (0=low to 8=high) | 7 |
| Ease of doing business index (1=most business-friendly regulations) | 109 |
| Business extent of disclosure index (0=less disclosure to 10=more disclosure) | 4 |
| Distance to frontier score (0=lowest performance to 100=frontier) | 60,9371 |
| PPG, bilateral (INT, current US$) | 7.945.280 |
| Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 5,375 |
| Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 4,442 |
| Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 6,382 |
| PPG, private creditors (DIS, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, other private creditors (DIS, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, commercial banks (DIS, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, official creditors (DIS, current US$) | 169.939.000 |
| PPG, multilateral (DIS, current US$) | 146.491.000 |
| Disbursements on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DIS, current US$) | 169.939.000 |
| Disbursements on external debt, long-term (DIS, current US$) | 169.939.000 |
| PPG, bilateral (DIS, current US$) | 23.447.300 |
| PPG, private creditors (AMT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, other private creditors (AMT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, commercial banks (AMT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, bonds (AMT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, official creditors (AMT, current US$) | 57.614.500 |
| PPG, multilateral (AMT, current US$) | 36.363.500 |
| Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 7,069 |
| Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 6,462 |
| Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 7,713 |
| Labor force, total | 8.156.050 |
| Labor force, female (% of total labor force) | 48,4615 |
| Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 77,448 |
| Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 82,251 |
| Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 88,5801 |
| Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 72,858 |
| Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 78,552 |
| Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 82,841 |
| Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 74,384 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 63,992 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 65,879 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 62,104 |
| Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 19,909 |
| Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 22,19 |
| Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 17,396 |
| Principal repayments on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (AMT, current US$) | 57.614.500 |
| Principal repayments on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (AMT, current US$) | 0 |
| Principal repayments on external debt, long-term (AMT, current US$) | 57.614.500 |
| PPG, bilateral (AMT, current US$) | 21.250.900 |
| Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 8,398 |
| Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 10,462 |
| Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 6,124 |
| GDP per person employed (constant 2011 PPP $) | 2.733,89 |
| Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 6,572 |
| Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 5,487 |
| Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 7,767 |
| Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 39,488 |
| Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 44,756 |
| Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 33,686 |
| Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 59,37 |
| Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 53,739 |
| Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 65,571 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 73,285 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 78,598 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 68,208 |
| Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 60,512 |
| Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 55,244 |
| Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 66,314 |
| Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 1,142 |
| Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 1,505 |
| Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 0,743 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 59,468 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 61,621 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 57,314 |
| Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 71,694 |
| Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 67,347 |
| Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 76,481 |
| Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) | 2,83639 |
| Personal remittances, received (current US$) | 217.458.000 |
| Personal transfers, receipts (BoP, current US$) | 215.533.000 |
| Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) | 518.569.000 |
| Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) | 1,28377 |
| Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) | 98.422.700 |
| Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) | 23,1863 |
| Transport services (% of service exports, BoP) | 16,6335 |
| Exports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) | 1.175.200.000 |
| Service exports (BoP, current US$) | 182.313.000 |
| Goods exports (BoP, current US$) | 982.489.000 |
| Insurance and financial services (% of service exports, BoP) | 24,4465 |
| Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) | 1.164.800.000 |
| Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) | 10.401.500 |
| Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) | 4,6758 |
| Net capital account (BoP, current US$) | 908.897.000 |
| Net secondary income (BoP, current US$) | 494.447.000 |
| Reserves and related items (BoP, current US$) | 42.328.900 |
| Portfolio investment, net (BoP, current US$) | -455.995.000 |
| Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) | -104.820.000 |
| Net errors and omissions (BoP, current US$) | 340.142.000 |
| Net trade in goods (BoP, current US$) | -1.857.300.000 |
| Net trade in goods and services (BoP, current US$) | -2.032.920.000 |
| Net primary income (BoP, current US$) | -298.937.000 |
| Net financial account (BoP, current US$) | -588.372.000 |
| Current account balance (% of GDP) | -23,9661 |
| Current account balance (BoP, current US$) | -1.837.410.000 |
| Personal remittances, paid (current US$) | 29.157.500 |
| Secondary income, other sectors, payments (BoP, current US$) | 22.914.700 |
| Foreign direct investment, net outflows (% of GDP) | 0,0834459 |
| Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) | -6.397.550 |
| Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) | 29,9476 |
| Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) | 4,5 |
| Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) | 26,3756 |
| Imports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) | 3.507.060.000 |
| Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) | 3.622.390 |
| Service imports (BoP, current US$) | 357.936.000 |
| Goods imports (BoP, current US$) | 2.839.790.000 |
| Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) | 9,45122 |
| Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) | 3.197.720.000 |
| Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) | 309.338.000 |
| Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) | 10,9505 |
| Trade in services (% of GDP) | 7,0467 |