Health in Malawi

346 indicators covering health for Malawi.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 75-79, male 41,845 2025 up 8.0% 99th
Population ages 80 and above, female 66,934 2025 up 8.0% 97th
Population ages 80 and above, male 34,306 2025 up 0.3% 101st
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female 4.1% 2024 up 10.8% 107th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male 4.8% 2024 up 11.6% 106th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height 4.4% 2024 up 10.0% 107th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female 30.2% 2024 down 19.0% 21st
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male 36.1% 2024 down 17.4% 18th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age 33.2% 2024 down 18.0% 19th
Hospital beds 1.3 per 1,000 people 2011 down 3.0% 124th
Tuberculosis death rate 8.6 per 100,000 people 2024 down 68.1% 65th
Incidence of tuberculosis 113 per 100,000 people 2024 down 50.4% 62nd
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban 86.0% 2024 up 0.2% 162nd
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban 48.0% 2024 up 27.8% 160th
People practicing open defecation, urban 0.8% 2024 down 44.5% 50th
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural 70.1% 2024 up 14.5% 135th
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural 49.5% 2024 up 60.9% 127th
People using at least basic drinking water services 73.1% 2024 up 12.1% 188th
People using safely managed drinking water services 18.2% 2024 up 39.6% 141st
People practicing open defecation, rural 2.2% 2024 down 73.3% 71st
People using at least basic sanitation services 49.2% 2024 up 54.5% 176th
Tuberculosis case detection rate 74.0% 2024 up 72.1% 106th
People practicing open defecation 1.9% 2024 down 72.8% 68th
Current health expenditure 6.5% 2023 down 20.5% 96th
Current health expenditure per capita 41.27 current US$ 2023 up 4.4% 178th
Out-of-pocket expenditure 12.0% 2023 up 79.0% 158th
Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita 4.95 current US$ 2023 up 86.8% 189th
Domestic general government health expenditure 12.8% 2023 down 28.9% 185th
Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP 16.07 current international $ 2023 down 28.1% 185th
Domestic private health expenditure 21.7% 2023 up 57.9% 153rd
Healthcare spending vs. GDP per capita 125.34 current international $ 2023 up 1.1% 177th
Domestic private health expenditure per capita 8.95 current US$ 2023 up 64.8% 185th
People using safely managed sanitation services 46.2% 2024 up 56.4% 90th
Immunization, Hib3 91.0% 2024 unchanged 90th
Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women 4.88 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 18.7% 30th
Reported cases of measles 958 Cases 2024 up 31,833.3% 41st
Child mortality by income level of country 4.88 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 18.7% 30th
Number of infant deaths 25,217 2024 up 1.6% 32nd
Number of under-five deaths 32,177 2024 down 11.1% 33rd
Number of neonatal deaths 15,906 2024 up 7.7% 32nd
Child mortality vs. health spending 4.88 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 18.7% 30th
Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against measles 89.0% 2024 up 4.7% 105th
Adolescent fertility rate 113.32 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 2024 down 14.2% 13th
Sex ratio at birth 1.01 male births per female births 2024 up 0.3% 213th
Domestic general government health expenditure 3.3% 2023 down 54.1% 185th
External health expenditure 65.5% 2023 down 4.0% 2nd
External health expenditure per capita 27.03 current US$ 2023 up 0.2% 25th
External health expenditure per capita, PPP 82.1 current international $ 2023 down 3.0% 16th
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age 32.4% 2023 up 21.8% 58th
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women 31.9% 2023 up 25.1% 58th
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women 38.6% 2023 up 5.2% 43rd
Stillbirth rate 15.8 per 1,000 total births 2023 down 11.2% 44th
Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS 360,000 2024 down 52.0% 10th
Life expectancy vs. health spending 67.35 years 2023 up 10.7% 189th
Prevalence of undernourishment 21.4% 2023 up 43.6% 24th
Immunization, measles second dose 69.0% 2024 up 762.5% 138th
Antiretroviral therapy coverage 90.0% 2024 up 66.7% 18th
Tuberculosis treatment success rate 91.0% 2023 up 11.0% 44th
Prevalence of hypertension, female 31.6% 2019 down 15.7% 144th
Prevalence of hypertension, male 26.8% 2019 down 25.8% 181st