Health in Malawi 1,183 indicators covering health for Malawi. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Mortality caused by road traffic injury, male 51.9 per 100,000 male population 2019 up 8.8% 10th Ipv vaccine coverage 90 2024 up 2.3% 116th Tb patients living with hiv receiving art 6,401 2021 up 3.8% 12th HIV-positive TB patients on ART (antiretroviral therapy) 100.0% 2024 up 8.7% 1st Treatment success rate for patients treated for MDR-TB 74.0% 2022 up 17.5% 78th New leprosy case detection rate per 1 000 000 population 15.75 2024 up 4.7% 34th Treatment success rate: HIV-positive TB cases 90 2023 up 11.1% 22nd Prevalence of wasting, weight for height 2.6% 2020 down 35.0% 71st Polio vaccine: inactivated second or third-dose polio vaccine (IPVc) i 70.0% 2025 β 129th International Health Regulations core capacity scores, SPAR version, 2 60 2025 β 64th Prevalence of underweight, weight for age 12.8% 2020 down 7.9% 36th Leprosy registered prevalence rate per 1 000 000 population 33.9 2024 up 15.5% 22nd Leprosy - Number of new leprosy cases among children 16 2024 up 45.5% 29th Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment 734 2024 up 38.2% 19th New leprosy child case detection rate (less than 15 years of age) per 1.81 2024 up 25.7% 36th Children (0-14) living with HIV 53,000 2024 down 55.8% 9th Ipv1 number unvaccinated 56,373 2023 β 50th Children living with hiv 53,000 2024 down 55.8% 9th Contraceptive prevalence, any method 65.6% 2020 up 42.3% 34th Children (ages 0-14) newly infected with HIV 2,200 2024 down 78.0% 12th Number of reported cases of poliomyelitis by wild poliovirus 0 2023 β 3rd Number of children newly infected with hiv 2,200 2024 down 78.0% 12th Share of children under fifteen years old with hiv 2,164 2024 down 78.3% 12th Number of female leprosy new cases 158 2024 up 56.4% 20th Estimated number of malaria deaths 7,501 2024 down 3.1% 21st Estimated number of malaria cases 6.38 million 2024 up 39.5% 15th National smoking ban: NUMBER OF PLACES SMOKE-FREE 0 2022 β 157th Contraceptive prevalence, any modern method 64.7% 2020 up 53.4% 22nd Number of prevalent tuberculosis cases 56,000 2014 up 19.1% 30th Estimated malaria incidence 294.53 2024 up 7.1% 9th Estimated malaria mortality rate 34.64 2024 down 25.6% 24th Number of new G2D leprosy cases 193 2024 up 359.5% 11th Leprosy - New leprosy cases with G2D rate per 1 000 000 population 8.91 2024 up 283.9% 9th Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of cigarettes: Prices in 2.83 2022 down 58.1% 155th Taxes as a % of price: total tax 47.9% 2022 up 87.0% 116th Taxes as a % of price: value added tax 14.2% 2022 up 226.3% 76th Taxes as a % of price: ad valorem excise 0.0% 2022 β 106th Taxes as a % of price: specific excise 33.7% 2022 up 68.5% 66th Taxes as a % of price: import duties 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 38th Taxes as a % of price: other taxes 0.0% 2022 β 57th Vitamin A supplementation coverage rate 11.0% 2023 down 87.8% 52nd Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of cigarettes: Price in 900 2022 down 60.0% 29th Estimated number of children needing antiretroviral therapy based on W 42,000 2025 down 61.8% 10th Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height 0.7% 2020 down 53.3% 56th Physical activity policies for activie societies 20 2023 up 100.0% 2nd Physical activity policies focused on active systems 10 2023 unchanged 101st Midwifery personnel 637 2024 up 1,227.1% 97th Number of deaths from malaria who 7,501 2024 down 3.1% 21st Death rate from malaria 34.64 2024 down 25.6% 24th Incidence of malaria 294.53 2024 up 7.1% 9th Share of one year olds who received the final dose of pneumococcal vac 92 2024 up 5.7% 48th Diphtheria tetanus pertussis vaccine vs pneumococcal vaccine coverage 92 2024 up 5.7% 48th Estimated antiretroviral therapy coverage among children 67 2025 up 103.0% 16th Death rate from poisonings 1.1 2021 down 15.4% 45th Rotavirus number unvaccinated 56,373 2023 up 23.2% 42nd Prevalence of stunting, height for age 35.5% 2020 down 24.9% 14th Japanese encephalitis - number of reported cases 0 2018 β 19th Malaria cases reported 9.43 million 2024 up 224.4% 7th Deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters 3.46 2020 down 65.0% 41st Mean systolic blood pressure 130.9 2009 up 3.2% 24th β Previous Page 15 of 20 Next β