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

Human development rose from 0.306 in 1990 to 0.517 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 67.6 years2024at birthUp 15.1 years from 52.5 years in 2005
Internet users: 19%2024of people onlineUp 19 points from 0% in 2006
Urban population: 18%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 2 points from 15% in 2006
Births per woman: 3.592024births per womanDown 2.26 from 5.85 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 63%2022of energy usedDown 20 points from 82% in 2004
Access to electricity: 16%2024of people with electricityUp 9 points from 7% in 2005
Infant mortality: 382024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 27 from 65 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0.2 t2024of CO2 per person a yearDown 0.1 t from 0.3 t in 2005
Forest area: 22%2023of land under forestDown 8 points from 31% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each 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	0.306	43.6	—	—	6.74	84.0	—	134	0.2	37.1	—	—
1991	0.310	43.5	—	12.0	6.68	82.6	—	131	0.2	36.7	—	—
1992	0.318	43.6	—	12.4	6.63	82.7	3	126	0.2	36.3	—	—
1993	0.324	43.6	—	12.9	6.57	81.3	2	123	0.2	35.8	—	—
1994	0.325	43.8	—	13.3	6.49	82.0	2	119	0.2	35.4	—	—
1995	0.370	43.8	—	13.6	6.39	81.7	2	116	0.2	34.9	—	—
1996	0.375	44.0	—	14.0	6.29	81.4	3	114	0.2	34.5	—	—
1997	0.379	44.2	0.0	14.2	6.23	81.2	3	112	0.2	34.0	—	—
1998	0.384	44.3	0.0	14.4	6.21	81.9	4	109	0.3	33.6	—	—
1999	0.392	45.1	0.1	14.6	6.12	81.0	4	105	0.3	33.1	—	—
2000	0.394	46.2	0.1	14.7	6.00	82.6	5	99	0.3	32.7	—	—
2001	0.400	47.2	0.2	14.8	5.94	83.1	5	139	0.3	32.2	—	—
2002	0.407	48.2	0.2	14.9	5.90	83.3	6	84	0.3	31.8	—	—
2003	0.414	49.6	0.3	15.0	5.88	82.8	6	76	0.3	31.4	—	—
2004	0.421	51.1	0.3	15.0	5.86	82.4	7	70	0.3	30.9	—	—
2005	0.427	52.5	0.4	15.1	5.85	83.2	7	65	0.3	30.5	—	—
2006	0.436	53.6	0.4	15.2	5.80	82.8	4	62	0.3	30.0	441	1124
2007	0.444	54.7	1.0	15.3	5.72	82.2	7	59	0.3	29.6	475	1231
2008	0.455	55.7	0.7	15.3	5.61	80.4	8	56	0.3	29.1	554	1311
2009	0.465	56.7	1.1	15.4	5.45	80.0	8	54	0.3	28.7	626	1388
2010	0.475	57.8	2.3	15.5	5.26	81.2	9	52	0.3	28.2	683	1458
2011	0.483	58.9	3.3	15.6	5.08	80.2	8	48	0.4	27.8	763	1516
2012	0.488	59.9	4.3	15.6	4.90	80.2	7	45	0.4	27.3	558	1464
2013	0.494	60.8	5.0	15.7	4.76	79.8	9	43	0.3	26.9	497	1558
2014	0.500	61.6	5.8	15.8	4.57	82.8	12	41	0.3	26.4	530	1506
2015	0.504	62.3	6.0	15.8	4.38	81.0	11	40	0.3	26.0	540	1403
2016	0.506	63.2	6.3	15.9	4.22	78.9	11	39	0.3	25.6	451	1410
2017	0.508	63.9	7.0	16.0	4.11	76.9	13	39	0.3	25.1	496	1380
2018	0.510	64.5	8.8	16.0	4.02	73.2	18	38	0.3	24.7	533	1364
2019	0.513	65.0	11.1	16.1	3.95	70.9	11	38	0.3	24.2	581	1450
2020	0.512	65.2	13.9	16.3	3.88	71.5	12	38	0.3	23.8	603	1513
2021	0.509	64.8	15.3	16.5	3.79	71.1	14	38	0.3	23.3	617	1688
2022	0.513	66.0	16.9	16.7	3.72	62.9	14	39	0.3	22.9	604	1778
2023	0.517	67.3	18.0	17.0	3.65	—	16	38	0.2	22.4	633	1832
2024	—	67.6	19.0	17.3	3.59	—	16	38	0.2	—	522	1860
2025	—	—	—	17.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	672	1899
On the profile	0.517	67.6	19.0	17.6	3.59	62.9	—	—	0.2	22.4	672	1899

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; 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 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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