Malawi, Africa
This post was last updated by José of onez on Monday, 19 May 2025.
Image of Lilongwe, capital city of Malawi
Malawi is a Southeastern-African nation diversifying agriculture into legumes and horticulture, deploying solar mini-grids, and developing lake-based aquaculture.
Malawi in one word would be “Nyasa,” meaning great lake.
Malawi Flag
Malawi armorial
Malawi is a country on the Sub-Saharan Africa located in the Eastern Africa sub‑region of the Africa continent.
Easy learning about Malawi |
The capital city of Malawi is Lilongwe.
| Malawi is located in | Sub-Saharan Africa Eastern Africa Africa Continent |
| Malawi has a population of | 21,104,482 inhabitants within a total area of 118,480 Km2 (73,620 sq mi) (2023 UN data) |
| Malawi’s Global Peace Index (GPI) | 80 (world rank position) GPI scale of 2.06 This means, the closer to 1, the more peaceful the country is... (2024 data from GPI) |
| Human Development Index (HDI) | Malawi HDI ranks in position nº 172 worldwide HDI of 0.517 (0.4 to 1) (2023 data from UNDP) |
| Malawi’s passport | allows visa-free entry to 75 countries Malawi passport ranks 65th in the world (2025 HP Index data) |
| Malawi GDP per capita is | $580 USD (2025 estimated data from IMF) |
| Malawi ’s LGBTI legal status | Same-sex sexual acts are illegal (2025 ILGA data) |
| Malawi EPI (English Proficiency Index) | is classified as Very low proficiency has a score of 447 ranks 95th worldwide (2024 data from EPI) |
| Latitude & Longitude | 13° 30' S, 34° 00' E Open in Google Maps |
| Neighbouring countries | Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia. |
| Malawi Climate | sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November) |
| Most predominant religion | Protestant (includes Church of Central Africa Presbyterian, Seventh Day Adventist/Baptist, Pentecostal, Anglican), |
| Second most predominant religion | Roman Catholic, |
| Currency name & code | Kwacha (MWK) |
| Internet ccTLD | .mw |
| Malawi calling code | +265 |
Malawi administrative divisions
28 districts- Balaka
- Blantyre
- Chikwawa
- Chiradzulu
- Chitipa
- Dedza
- Dowa
- Karonga
- Kasungu
- Likoma
- Lilongwe
- Machinga
- Mangochi
- Mchinji
- Mulanje
- Mwanza
- Mzimba
- Neno
- Ntcheu
- Nkhata Bay
- Nkhotakota
- Nsanje
- Ntchisi
- Phalombe
- Rumphi
- Salima
- Thyolo
- Zomba
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