Health in Malawi

1,183 indicators covering health for Malawi.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Cause of death, by injury, ages 5-14, male 21.1% 2021 up 78.2% 177th
Cause of death, by injury, ages 5-14 18.4% 2021 up 99.6% 180th
Cause of death, by injury, ages 15-59, female 4.4% 2021 up 76.4% 174th
Cause of death, by injury, ages 15-59, male 14.0% 2021 up 42.3% 154th
Cause of death, by injury, ages 15-59 9.8% 2021 up 55.6% 168th
Cause of death, by injury, ages 60+, female 4.1% 2021 up 15.6% 34th
Cause of death, by injury, ages 60+, male 5.8% 2021 up 11.8% 25th
Cause of death, by injury, ages 60+ 4.9% 2021 up 13.0% 28th
Cause of death, by injury, female 4.9% 2021 up 52.8% 60th
Cause of death, by injury, male 10.0% 2021 up 58.5% 71st
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 0-4, female 10.0% 2021 up 59.3% 148th
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 0-4, male 10.7% 2021 up 76.6% 147th
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 0-4 10.4% 2021 up 68.7% 148th
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 5-14, female 20.8% 2021 up 107.9% 153rd
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 5-14, male 18.9% 2021 up 57.5% 155th
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 5-14 19.7% 2021 up 78.8% 157th
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 15-59, female 41.7% 2021 up 64.7% 158th
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 15-59, male 36.5% 2021 up 37.9% 151st
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 15-59 38.8% 2021 up 49.7% 158th
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 60+, female 60.2% 2021 up 6.1% 166th
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 60+, male 55.0% 2021 up 10.2% 156th
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 60+ 57.7% 2021 up 8.1% 160th
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, female 42.8% 2021 up 39.9% 152nd
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, male 36.8% 2021 up 36.2% 147th
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 0-4 0.0% 2021 β€” 3rd
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 0-4 0.0% 2021 β€” 3rd
New cases tested for RR-/MDR-TB 80.0% 2024 up 11,011.1% 127th
Pharmacists 175 2024 up 2.9% 134th
Tuberculosis death rate age standardized 79.79 2021 down 65.9% 27th
Age-standardized suicide rates 14.22 2021 up 18.2% 31st
Number of deaths in children aged <5 years, by cause 5,392 2021 down 16.4% 37th
Premature deaths due to noncommunicable diseases (NCD) as a proportion 63.39 2021 up 14.6% 32nd
Total NCD Deaths 56,396 2021 up 19.7% 78th
Probability (%) of dying between age 30 and exact age 70 from any of c 24.9% 2021 up 2.5% 31st
Life expectancy at age 60 15.28 2021 up 1.2% 162nd
Age-standardized NCD mortality rate 667.19 2021 up 5.4% 33rd
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 1.13 2021 down 7.4% 46th
Life expectancy at birth 62.49 2021 up 7.5% 159th
Adult mortality rate (probability of dying between 15 and 60 years per 323.42 2021 down 12.4% 14th
Previously treated cases tested for RR-/MDR-TB 90.0% 2024 up 190.3% 83rd
Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at age 60 11.69 2021 up 0.6% 160th
nMx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n 0.0316 2021 down 36.7% 49th
nqx - probability of dying between ages x and x+n 0.0309 2021 down 35.9% 49th
lx - number of people left alive at age x 100,000 2021 unchanged 1st
nLx - person-years lived between ages x and x+n 97,834 2021 up 1.3% 135th
Tx - person-years lived above age x 6.25 million 2021 up 7.5% 159th
ex - expectation of life at age x 62.49 2021 up 7.5% 159th
Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth 54.67 2021 up 7.2% 158th
ndx - number of people dying between ages x and x+n 3,094 2021 down 35.9% 49th
Cardiovascular death rate vs gdp per capita 290.21 2021 up 19.2% 67th
Suicide rate vs income inequality 13.94 2021 up 15.3% 38th
Life expectancy at birth who gho 62.49 2021 up 7.5% 160th
Deaths from falls 1,378 2021 up 25.2% 56th
Death rate from falls 6.93 2021 down 4.5% 58th
Death rate from natural disasters 0.07 2021 up 133.3% 35th
Deaths from natural disasters 14.04 2021 up 216.9% 45th
Number of deaths who 144,057 2021 down 8.9% 69th
Crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who 0.7243 2021 down 30.7% 120th
Deaths from fires and burns who 700.88 2021 up 19.7% 39th
Death rate from fires and burns who 3.52 2021 down 8.8% 28th