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Malawi vs Mozambique
How Malawi and Mozambique compare on 38 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Malawi was higher: 67.4 years against 63.6 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Mozambique was higher: $586 against $548
- Population · In 2023, Mozambique was higher: 33.6 million people against 21.1 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Mozambique was higher: 1.87% of GDP against 1.15% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Mozambique was higher: 0.29 tonnes against 0.22 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyMalawi: 67.4 years in 2023Mozambique: 63.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMalawi: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024Mozambique: 5.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMalawi: 29.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mozambique: 49.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMalawi: 3.45% in 2017Mozambique: 3.9% in 2017
- Suicide rateMalawi: 12.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Mozambique: 17.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMalawi: 21.1 million people in 2023Mozambique: 33.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthMalawi: 2.57% a year in 2023Mozambique: 2.94% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMalawi: 3.65 births per woman in 2023Mozambique: 4.76 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMalawi: 17.6% in 2025Mozambique: 37.2% in 2025
- Median ageMalawi: 17.6 years in 2023Mozambique: 16.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMalawi: 2.6% in 2023Mozambique: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateMalawi: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Mozambique: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMalawi: 1.15% of GDP in 2025Mozambique: 1.87% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMalawi: $128M in 2025Mozambique: $446M in 2025
- Military spending per personMalawi: $7 in 2025Mozambique: $13 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMalawi: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Mozambique: 6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMalawi: 15,000 people in 2020Mozambique: 11,000 people in 2020
- National powerMalawi: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Mozambique: 0.13% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMalawi: 0.2% of the labour force in 2020Mozambique: 0.08% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMalawi: 2 million TIV in 2024Mozambique: 14 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsMalawi: 1 million TIV in 2000Mozambique: 1 million TIV in 1977
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, 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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