Gender in Malawi 220 indicators covering gender for Malawi. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Can a Woman Travel Outside Her Home in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Choose Where to Live in the Same Way as a Man? 0 2023 — 156th Can a Woman Apply For a Passport in the Same Way as a Man? 0 2023 — 162nd Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Mobility Score 50 2023 unchanged 170th Can a Woman Work in a Job Deemed Dangerous in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Work in An Industrial Job in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Work at Night in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Does the Law Mandate Equal Remuneration For Work of Equal Value? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Pay Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Obtain a Judgment of Divorce in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Be Head of Household in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Is There No Legal Provision That Requires a Married Woman to Obey Her 1 2023 unchanged 1st Does a Woman Have the Same Rights to Remarry as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Is There Legislation Specifically Addressing Domestic Violence? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Marriage Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st Are Periods of Absence Due to Childcare Accounted For in Pension 0 2023 — 110th Is the Mandatory Retirement Age For Men and Women the Same? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Is the Age at Which Men and Women Can Retire With Partial Pension 1 2023 unchanged 1st Is the Age at Which Men and Women Can Retire With Full Pension 1 2023 unchanged 1st Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Pension Score 75 2023 unchanged 74th Can a Woman Get a Job in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Workplace Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st Women Business and the Law Index 80 2023 up 6.7% 100th Women Business and the Law Index 80 2023 up 6.7% 100th Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 110.5% 2025 up 0.3% 95th Share of female employment by economic sector 71.2% 2025 up 0.4% 7th Maternal Mortality Ratio, Modeled Estimate 225 2023 down 45.1% 36th Prevalence rate of hypertension in men aged 30-79 26.8 2019 down 25.8% 184th Prevalence rate of hypertension in women aged 30-79 31.6 2019 down 15.7% 147th Total Fertility Rate 3.85 2022 down 21.8% 34th Tertiary Gross Enrollment Rate 2.71 2022 up 222.9% 188th Women have the same rights to remarry as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 10.83 years 2011 up 10.7% 137th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 10.99 years 2011 up 0.8% 139th Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 27.8% 2025 up 150.2% 64th Women of reproductive age 5.47 million 2023 up 43.3% 60th Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern 82.4% 2026 up 10.0% 38th Share of people who don't drink alcohol, men vs women 50.4% 2020 up 0.8% 54th Number of seats held by women in national parliaments 48 2026 up 50.0% 82nd Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 21.4% 2026 up 28.6% 128th Share of women in ministerial positions 33.3% 2024 up 4.2% 45th Share of women in parliament 21.4% 2025 up 28.6% 119th Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) 57.7% 2016 down 5.3% 22nd Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) 48.2% 2016 down 7.3% 34th Proportion of Seats Held By Women in National Parliaments 20.73 2024 up 24.4% 122nd Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament 0.41 ratio 2026 down 6.8% 110th Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) 137.3% 2024 up 26.5% 50th Share of pregnant women who have anemia 38.6% 2023 up 5.2% 43rd Number of women of reproductive age (aged 15-49 years) with anaemia 1,747 2023 up 79.3% 56th Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia 32.4% 2023 up 21.8% 59th Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia, pregnant 38.6% 2023 up 5.2% 44th Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia, non-pregnant 31.9% 2023 up 25.1% 59th Prevalence of anaemia in women aged 15-49 32.4 2023 up 21.8% 58th Gender Development Index 0.926 2022 up 2.4% 135th Literacy rate, adult female 62.7% 2020 — 72nd Access to anti-retroviral drugs, female 93.0% 2024 up 50.0% 22nd Access to anti-retroviral drugs, male 90.0% 2024 up 73.1% 13th Gender Inequality Index 0.579 2022 down 4.5% 17th Suicide Rate 7.57 2021 up 15.6% 91st Female migrants 51.1% 2020 down 2.3% 66th ← Previous Page 3 of 4 Next →