Work & Labour in Malawi

94 indicators covering work & labour for Malawi.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Unemployment with intermediate education 17.3% 2024 up 114.3% 10th
Unemployment with basic education, female 17.5% 2024 up 126.3% 13th
Unemployment with advanced education 11.3% 2024 up 13.5% 15th
Unemployment with intermediate education, female 22.1% 2024 up 96.1% 9th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 39.4% 2024 up 102.6% 2nd
Unemployment with intermediate education, male 14.2% 2024 up 123.7% 9th
Labor force with basic education, female 45.7% 2024 down 33.2% 40th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 45.4% 2024 up 87.0% 2nd
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 32.8% 2024 up 137.5% 5th
Labor force with basic education, male 53.8% 2024 down 32.4% 77th
Labor force with basic education 49.5% 2024 down 33.3% 63rd
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 36.7% 2024 down 46.4% 144th
Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age popula 58.4% 2024 down 25.4% 97th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 48.1% 2024 down 39.8% 167th
Labor force with intermediate education, male 64.0% 2024 down 24.3% 110th
Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female working-a 51.3% 2024 down 25.3% 85th
Labor force with advanced education, male 75.5% 2024 down 18.8% 103rd
Labor force with advanced education 71.1% 2024 down 21.2% 104th
Labor force with advanced education, female 64.7% 2024 down 23.4% 102nd
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 41.9% 2024 down 43.1% 159th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 30.2% 2024 down 50.1% 95th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 34.4% 2024 down 45.1% 98th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 26.4% 2024 down 55.1% 88th
Coverage of social safety net programs in 3rd quintile 40.8% 2019 up 86.4% 22nd
Coverage of social safety net programs in 2nd quintile 41.2% 2019 up 113.7% 24th
Coverage of social safety net programs in poorest quintile 42.4% 2019 up 122.3% 29th
Coverage of social safety net programs 37.7% 2019 up 90.3% 22nd
Coverage of social safety net programs in 4th quintile 38.0% 2019 up 88.4% 18th
Coverage of social safety net programs in richest quintile 26.0% 2019 up 39.9% 18th
Coverage of social protection and labor programs 38.3% 2019 up 88.0% 34th
Adequacy of social protection and labor programs 9.7% 2019 up 38.7% 32nd
Benefit incidence of social protection and labor programs to poorest q 7.6% 2019 up 198.5% 23rd
Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile 19.0% 2019 up 39.5% 28th
Adequacy of social safety net programs 4.5% 2019 up 149.0% 29th