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Malawi vs Somalia
How Malawi and Somalia compare on 34 measures, from 1900 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Malawi was higher: 67.4 years against 58.8 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Malawi was higher: $548 against $465
- Population · In 2023, Malawi was higher: 21.1 million people against 18.4 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Somalia was higher: 1.54% of GDP against 1.15% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Malawi was higher: 0.22 tonnes against 0.05 tonnes
Life expectancy →MalawiSomaliaUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval
Change since 1990, years · UN
Every measure
MalawiSomalia
| Measure | Malawi | Somalia | Over the years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | |||
| Life expectancyyears · 2023 | 67.4 | 58.8 | |
| Child mortalitydeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · 2024 | 4.9 | 10.1 | |
| Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births · 2023 | 29.6 | 66.3 | |
| Depression% of people · 2017 | 3.45 | 3.79 | |
| Suicide ratedeaths per 100,000 people · 2017 | 12.1 | 9.9 | |
| People | |||
| Populationpeople · 2023 | 21.1 million | 18.4 million | |
| Population growth% a year · 2023 | 2.57 | 3.57 | |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2023 | 3.65 | 6.13 | |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 17.6 | 55.1 | |
| Median ageyears · 2023 | 17.6 | 15.5 | |
| People aged 65 and over% of people · 2023 | 2.6 | 2.6 | |
| Net migration rateper 1,000 people · 2023 | -0.3 | 2.5 | |
| Economy | |||
| GDP per personUS dollars at 2015 prices · 2025 | $548 | $465 | |
| GDP growth% a year · 2024 | 1.7 | 4 | |
| Inflation% a year · 2025 | 28.4 | 5.52024 | |
| Education | |||
| Adult literacy% of adults · 2022 | 70.22020 | 54.1 | |
| Politics | |||
| Electoral democracyindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.56 | 0.17 | |
| Human rightsindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.81 | 0.45 | |
| Conflict | |||
| Deaths in conflictsdeaths a year · 2022 | 0 | 3,110 | |
| Military | |||
| Military spending% of GDP · 2025 | 1.15 | 1.54 | |
| Military spending in US dollarsUS dollars at 2024 prices · 2025 | $128M | $193M | |
| Military spending per personUS dollars per person · 2025 | $7 | $10 | |
| Military share of state spending% of government spending · 2025 | 3.8 | 20.8 | |
| Armed forces personnelpeople · 2020 | 15,000 | 14,000 | |
| National power% of world capability · 2022 | 0.07 | 0.13 | |
| Armed forces, share of workers% of the labour force · 2020 | 0.2 | 0.47 | |
| Arms importsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 2 million2024 | 2 million | |
| Climate | |||
| Temperature°C · 2025 | 22.2 | 27.1 | |
| Days above 35 °Cdays a year · 2014 | 3.7 | 58 | |
| Tropical nightsnights a year · 2014 | 138.1 | 295.2 | |
| Technology and environment | |||
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 0.22 | 0.05 | |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 19 | 27.9 | |
| Access to electricity% of people · 2024 | 15.6 | 54.4 | |
| Forest area% of land · 2024 | 22 | 7.8 | |
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, 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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