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Chad vs Malawi
How Chad and Malawi compare on 39 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Malawi was higher: 67.4 years against 55.1 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Chad was higher: $874 against $548
- Population · In 2023, Malawi was higher: 21.1 million people against 19.3 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Chad was higher: 3.19% of GDP against 1.15% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Malawi was higher: 0.22 tonnes against 0.14 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyChad: 55.1 years in 2023Malawi: 67.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChad: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Malawi: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChad: 64.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Malawi: 29.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterChad: 6.2% in 2022Malawi: 17.8% in 2022
- DepressionChad: 3.88% in 2017Malawi: 3.45% in 2017
- Suicide rateChad: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017Malawi: 12.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChad: 19.3 million people in 2023Malawi: 21.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthChad: 5.71% a year in 2023Malawi: 2.57% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChad: 6.12 births per woman in 2023Malawi: 3.65 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChad: 27.6% in 2025Malawi: 17.6% in 2025
- Median ageChad: 15.4 years in 2023Malawi: 17.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChad: 2.1% in 2023Malawi: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateChad: 25.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Malawi: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChad: 3.19% of GDP in 2025Malawi: 1.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsChad: $598M in 2025Malawi: $128M in 2025
- Military spending per personChad: $31 in 2025Malawi: $7 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChad: 15.5% of government spending in 2025Malawi: 3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChad: 45,000 people in 2020Malawi: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerChad: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Malawi: 0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChad: 0.85% of the labour force in 2020Malawi: 0.2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChad: 4 million TIV in 2025Malawi: 2 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsChad: 20 million TIV in 1987Malawi: 1 million TIV in 2000
Climate
Technology and environment
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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