Malawi, year by year

Every index this site holds for Malawi, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.299 → 0.508 (+0.209)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth52.5 → 67.6 (+15.1)

Internet users0 → 19 (+19)

Urban population15 → 18 (+2)

Births per woman5.85 → 3.59 (-2.26)

Renewable share of energy82 → 63 (-20)

Access to electricity7 → 16 (+9)

Infant mortality65 → 38 (-27)

CO2 emissions per person0.3 → 0.2 (-0.1)

Forest area31 → 22 (-8)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 5 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.299	43.6	—	—	6.74	84	—	134	0.2	37.1	—	—
1991	0.303	43.5	—	12	6.68	83	—	131	0.2	36.7	—	—
1992	0.310	43.6	—	12	6.63	83	3	126	0.2	36.3	—	—
1993	0.316	43.6	—	13	6.57	81	2	123	0.2	35.8	—	—
1994	0.317	43.8	—	13	6.49	82	2	119	0.2	35.4	—	—
1995	0.362	43.8	—	14	6.39	82	2	116	0.2	34.9	—	—
1996	0.365	44.0	—	14	6.29	81	3	114	0.2	34.5	—	—
1997	0.367	44.2	0	14	6.23	81	3	112	0.2	34.0	—	—
1998	0.369	44.3	0	14	6.21	82	4	109	0.3	33.6	—	—
1999	0.376	45.1	0	15	6.12	81	4	105	0.3	33.1	—	—
2000	0.378	46.2	0	15	6.00	83	5	99	0.3	32.7	—	—
2001	0.386	47.2	0	15	5.94	83	5	139	0.3	32.2	—	—
2002	0.394	48.2	0	15	5.90	83	6	84	0.3	31.8	—	—
2003	0.402	49.6	0	15	5.88	83	6	76	0.3	31.4	—	—
2004	0.410	51.1	0	15	5.86	82	7	70	0.3	30.9	—	—
2005	0.417	52.5	0	15	5.85	83	7	65	0.3	30.5	—	—
2006	0.426	53.6	0	15	5.80	83	4	62	0.3	30.0	441	1124
2007	0.433	54.7	1	15	5.72	82	7	59	0.3	29.6	475	1231
2008	0.442	55.7	1	15	5.61	80	8	56	0.3	29.1	554	1311
2009	0.452	56.7	1	15	5.45	80	8	54	0.3	28.7	626	1388
2010	0.461	57.8	2	15	5.26	81	9	52	0.3	28.2	683	1458
2011	0.469	58.9	3	16	5.08	80	8	48	0.4	27.8	763	1516
2012	0.476	59.9	4	16	4.90	80	7	45	0.4	27.3	558	1464
2013	0.484	60.8	5	16	4.76	80	9	43	0.3	26.9	497	1558
2014	0.493	61.6	6	16	4.57	83	12	41	0.3	26.4	530	1506
2015	0.498	62.3	6	16	4.38	81	11	40	0.3	26.0	540	1403
2016	0.501	63.2	6	16	4.22	79	11	39	0.3	25.6	451	1410
2017	0.506	63.9	7	16	4.11	77	13	39	0.3	25.1	496	1380
2018	0.509	64.5	9	16	4.02	73	18	38	0.3	24.7	533	1364
2019	0.514	65.0	11	16	3.95	71	11	38	0.3	24.2	581	1450
2020	0.512	65.2	14	16	3.88	72	12	38	0.3	23.8	603	1513
2021	0.509	64.8	15	16	3.79	71	14	38	0.3	23.3	617	1688
2022	0.508	66.0	17	17	3.72	63	14	39	0.3	22.9	604	1778
2023	—	67.3	18	17	3.65	—	16	38	0.2	22.4	633	1832
2024	—	67.6	19	17	3.59	—	16	38	0.2	—	522	1860
2025	—	—	—	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	672	1899
Profile shows	0.508	67.6	19	18	3.59	63	—	—	0.2	22.4	672	1899

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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