Work & Labour in Malawi 703 indicators covering work & labour for Malawi. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 40.99 2024 up 115.5% 2nd NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO) 1,744 2024 up 219.8% 18th NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 39.42 2024 up 102.6% 2nd Criminal penalties or civil remedies sexual harassment in employment 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Level of national compliance with labour rights (freedom of) 0.17 2024 down 50.0% 184th Own-account workers, total 52.7% 2016 down 6.3% 26th LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force 38.8 2024 up 354.5% 2nd Potential labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 2,259 2024 up 796.4% 5th Employment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 41.94 2024 down 43.1% 76th Labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 5,910 2024 down 8.8% 29th Persons outside the labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 6,010 2024 up 221.8% 20th Unemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 15.41 2024 up 209.5% 1st Unemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 910.45 2024 up 182.4% 17th NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training 1,744 2024 up 219.8% 6th NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 39.42 2024 up 102.6% 1st Share of workers employed in services vs. GDP per capita 25.7% 2010 up 97.7% 41st Proportion of adults (15 years and older) active in labor force with 56.2% 2024 up 189.8% 91st Proportion of adults (15 years and older) out of labor force with an 35.4% 2024 up 150.0% 92nd Population receiving All Social Insurance and Labor Market 0.0% 2019 — 25th Population receiving All Social Insurance and Labor Market (%) -urban 0.0% 2019 — 25th Population in the 1st quintile (poorest) receiving All Social 0.0% 2019 — 19th Population in the 1st quintile (poorest) receiving All Social 0.0% 2019 — 17th Population in the 1st quintile (poorest) receiving All Social 0.0% 2019 — 17th Population in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) receiving All Social 0.0% 2019 — 11th Coverage of social protection and labor programs 38.3% 2019 up 88.0% 35th Coverage of social safety net programs 37.7% 2019 up 90.3% 22nd Coverage of social safety net programs in poorest quintile 42.4% 2019 up 122.3% 29th Coverage of social safety net programs in 2nd quintile 41.2% 2019 up 113.7% 24th Coverage of social safety net programs in 3rd quintile 40.8% 2019 up 86.4% 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 (%) -All Social Protection and Labor -urban 28.3% 2019 up 10.9% 36th Coverage in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social Protection and 44.4% 2019 up 130.1% 37th Coverage in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social Protection and 42.5% 2019 up 121.4% 37th Coverage in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social Protection and 39.1% 2019 up 66.5% 36th Coverage in 2nd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor 41.3% 2019 up 113.5% 36th Coverage in 2nd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor 41.3% 2019 up 114.1% 36th Coverage in 2nd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor -urban 34.1% 2019 up 20.7% 35th Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor 40.3% 2019 up 83.0% 32nd Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor 41.2% 2019 up 87.0% 33rd Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor -urban 28.2% 2019 down 11.9% 35th Coverage in 4th quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor 38.1% 2019 up 84.9% 30th Coverage in 4th quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor 38.6% 2019 up 86.4% 31st Coverage in 4th quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor -urban 22.6% 2019 down 19.7% 35th Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) -All Social Protection and 27.4% 2019 up 33.1% 32nd Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) -All Social Protection and 27.9% 2019 up 35.2% 35th Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) -All Social Protection and 17.6% 2019 up 12.1% 38th Coverage in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) -All Social Protection 41.3% 2019 up 102.0% 36th Population in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) receiving All Social 0.0% 2019 — 5th Coverage in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) -All Social Protection 41.0% 2019 up 100.7% 32nd Adequacy of social protection and labor programs 9.7% 2019 up 38.7% 33rd Benefit incidence of social protection and labor programs to poorest 7.6% 2019 up 198.5% 24th Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social 19.0% 2019 up 240.1% 32nd Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social 8.3% 2019 up 51.5% 35th Adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and 5.8% 2019 up 18.1% 36th Adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and 5.8% 2019 up 209.3% 35th Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and 4.5% 2019 up 39.2% 37th Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and 5.5% 2019 up 122.2% 35th Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) -All Social Protection and 5.1% 2019 up 0.6% 36th Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) -All Social Protection and 5.2% 2019 down 7.9% 36th ← Previous Page 5 of 12 Next →