Malawi
Republic of Malawi
- Region
- Africa · Eastern Africa
- Capital
- Lilongwe
- Population
- 22,216,120 (2025)
- Government
- presidential republic
- Currency
- Malawian kwacha (MWK)
- Official languages
- Chewa, English
- Spoken languages
- English (official), Chewa (dominant), Lambya, Lomwe, Ngoni, Nkhonde, Nyakyusa, Nyanja, Sena, Tonga, Tumbuka, Yao
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 118,484 km²
- Coastline
- Landlocked
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- African Union, COMESA, IMF, SADC, WCO, WTO
- Borders
- Mozambique , Tanzania , Zambia
Political stability
59 / 100
Economic stability
29 / 100
Population stability
52 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- tobacco, tea, dried legumes, soybean meal, raw sugar (2023)
- Key imports
- refined petroleum, fertilizers, plastics, garments, postage stamps/documents (2023)
- Natural resources
- limestone, arable land, hydropower, unexploited deposits of uranium, coal, and bauxite
- Primary route
- Indian Ocean gateways (Mombasa, Dar es Salaam, Djibouti) to Asia and the Gulf
- Secondary route
- Suez corridor to Europe
xin.bz coverage
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A wetter Horn and a drier south, Southern Africa's grain and Kariba buffers, cocoa's port squeeze, Moroccan phosphate and Nigerian fuel as global substitutes, and the corridors that turn African resources into accessible supply.
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.