Malawi

 
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Malawi
RegionSub-Saharan Africa
GDP28.44[PPP 2011$ billions]
GDP per capita1486.78[$]
Population19.13[millions]
Land Area118746.51[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

Peer Comparisons

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

Environmental Protection Index
Argentina 41.1
Kazakhstan 40.9
Paraguay 40.9
El Salvador 40.8
Tunisia 40.7
Malawi 40.6
Guinea-Bissau 40.2
Bolivia 40.1
Republic of Congo 40.1
Peru 39.8
GDP per capita
Afghanistan 43.6
Malawi 40.6
Guinea-Bissau 40.2
Niger 37.7
Dem. Rep. Congo 36.9
Sierra Leone 32.7
Mozambique 31.7
Chad 28.1
Madagascar 28
Liberia 24.9
Issue Performance
Malawi 40.6
Guinea-Bissau 40.2
Dem. Rep. Congo 36.9
Uganda 35.8
Burkina Faso 35.5
Tanzania 34.2
Togo 34
Rwanda 32.8
Guinea 31.6
Chad 28.1
Government Effectiveness
Belarus 48.5
Eswatini 44.9
Malawi 40.6
Zambia 38.4
Timor-Leste 35.1
Tanzania 34.2
Laos 30.7
Mauritania 28.1
Papua New Guinea 24.8
Bangladesh 23.1
Regulatory Quality
Suriname 45.9
Malawi 40.6
Niger 37.7
Gambia 36.4
Egypt 35.5
Mozambique 31.7
Nepal 28.3
Madagascar 28
Papua New Guinea 24.8
Pakistan 24.6
Voice and Accountability
Ecuador 46.5
Mexico 45.5
Moldova 42.7
Malawi 40.6
Bolivia 40.1
Sri Lanka 34.7
Lesotho 32.3
Benin 29.6
Nepal 28.3
Liberia 24.9
Rule of Law
Panama 50.5
Cuba 47.5
Jamaica 45.6
Dominican Republic 42.2
Malawi 40.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina 39.4
Maldives 37.4
Uganda 35.8
Senegal 33.9
Mongolia 29.6
Control of Corruption
North Macedonia 54.3
Suriname 45.9
Serbia 43.9
Kazakhstan 40.9
Malawi 40.6
Thailand 38.1
Tanzania 34.2
Sierra Leone 32.7
Ethiopia 31.8
Indonesia 28.2
Political Stability / Absence of Violence
Comoros 42.5
Kazakhstan 40.9
Malawi 40.6
Peru 39.8
South Africa 37.2
Turkmenistan 37
Sierra Leone 32.7
Cambodia 30.1
China 28.4
Nepal 28.3
Sub-Saharan Africa
Comoros 42.5
Cabo Verde 41.9
Malawi 40.6
Guinea-Bissau 40.2
Republic of Congo 40.1
Zambia 38.4
Niger 37.7
South Africa 37.2
Dem. Rep. Congo 36.9
Gambia 36.4
Least Developed Countries
Afghanistan 43.6
Bhutan 42.5
Comoros 42.5
Malawi 40.6
Guinea-Bissau 40.2
Zambia 38.4
Niger 37.7
Dem. Rep. Congo 36.9
Vanuatu 36.9
Gambia 36.4
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EPI Report Year: 
2022
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