Malawi's life expectancy rose from 43.8 yrs in 1995 to 67.6 yrs in 2024.
Malawi · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
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Malawi's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 39.0 yrs in 2000 to 54.7 yrs in 2021.
Malawi's infant mortality fell from 115.8 ‰ in 1995 to 38.0 ‰ in 2024.
Malawi's under-5 mortality rate fell from 207.7 ‰ in 1995 to 48.8 ‰ in 2024.
Malawi's maternal mortality ratio fell from 912.0 /100k in 1994 to 225.0 /100k in 2023.
Malawi's ncd mortality fell from 27.3 % in 2000 to 24.9 % in 2021.
Malawi's suicide mortality rate rose from 7.5 /100k in 2000 to 7.6 /100k in 2021.
Malawi's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 31.2 /100k in 2000 to 33.4 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.1 pts95th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +3.1 %176th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)down −0.6 pts34th of 192
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- Physiciansup +10.2 %126th of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesdown −26.9 %118th of 129
- Hospital bedsup +18.2 %109th of 143*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +2.0 pts103rd of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts93rd of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)down −0.4 pts140th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −5.0 %147th of 208
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.3 pts138th of 148
- Safe sanitationdown −0.0 pts87th of 141