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