Development & Industry
Population: 15,883,000
GNI PPP Per Capita (US$): $780 Women as % of Nonfarm Wage Earners: 11% Women as % of Parliament: 21% CO2 Emissions Per Capita (metric tons): No data Death Due to Non-Communicable Diseases: 28% Births Attended by Skill Health Personnel (%): 54% Democracy: CPIA Gender Equality Rating: 3.5 Economy Big Mac Index: No data Cash Surplus/Deficit (% of GDP): No data Human Development Index: 0.404 Technology Index: 2.74 Education Average Years of School for Adults: 3.2 Education Spending (as % of GDP): 6% Pupil-Teacher Ratio (elementary): 62.5 Teachers as % of Labor Force: No data Health Expenditure Per Capita: 19.3 $ Hospital Beds Per 1000: 1.34 per 1,000 people Physicians Per 1000: 0.02 per 1,000 people Media Televisions (total number): No data Per Capita Televisions: No data Economy
% of GDP as Industry: 16.9% Total Labor Force: 5.747 million % of Labor Force in Industry: 10% Unemployment Rate: NA% Public Debt % of GDP: 47.1% Inflation Rate: 18.4% Industries:tobacco, tea, sugar, sawmill products, cement, consumer goods Value of Exports: $860 million Export Commodities: tobacco 53%, tea, sugar, cotton, coffee, peanuts, wood products, apparel Export Partners and %: Canada 12.4%, Zimbabwe 8.9%, Germany 8.8%, South Africa 6.4%, US 6.1%, Russia 6%, Egypt 5%, UK 4.2%, China 4.1% Value of Imports: $1.752 billion Import Commodities: food, petroleum products, semi-manufactures, consumer goods, transportation equipment Import Partners and %: South Africa 31%, India 10.6%, Zambia 9.4%, China 8.7%, Tanzania 5.7%, US 5.1% Currency Exchange Rate to $1.00: 239 MWK Electricity Production: 1.736 billion kWh Consumption: 1.614 billion kWh From Fossil Fuels: 5.7% of total installed capacity From Nuclear Fuels: 0% of total installed capacity From Hydroelectric Plants: 94.3% of total installed capacity From Renewable Sources: 0% of total installed capacity Refined Oil Production: 0 bbl/day Refined Oil Consumption: 12,060 bbl/day Natural Gas Production: 0 cu m Natural Gas Consumption: 0 cu m Communication # of Land/Main Line Telephones: 173,500 # of Cellular/Mobile Telephones: 3.952 million # of Internet Hosts: 1,099 # of Internet Users: 716,400 Transportation # of Airports (total): 31 # of Airports with Paved Runways: 7 # of km of Roadways (total): 15,451 km # of km of Roadways Paved: 6,956 km # km of Waterways: 700 km Location of Main Ports & Terminals: Chipoka, Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Chilumba |