Compare
Malawi vs South Sudan
How Malawi and South Sudan compare on 36 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Malawi was higher: 67.4 years against 57.6 years
- GDP per person · In 2015, South Sudan was higher: $1,080 against $540
- Population · In 2023, Malawi was higher: 21.1 million people against 11.5 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, South Sudan was higher: 3.43% of GDP against 1.15% of GDP
- Electoral democracy · In 2025, Malawi was higher: 0.56 of 1 against 0.13 of 1
Every measure
MalawiSouth Sudan
| Measure | Malawi | South Sudan | Over the years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | |||
| Life expectancyyears · 2023 | 67.4 | 57.6 | |
| Child mortalitydeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · 2024 | 4.9 | 9.7 | |
| Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births · 2023 | 29.6 | 63.8 | |
| Depression% of people · 2017 | 3.45 | 3.7 | |
| Suicide ratedeaths per 100,000 people · 2017 | 12.1 | 12 | |
| People | |||
| Populationpeople · 2023 | 21.1 million | 11.5 million | |
| Population growth% a year · 2023 | 2.57 | 5.86 | |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2023 | 3.65 | 3.86 | |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 17.6 | 21.7 | |
| Median ageyears · 2023 | 17.6 | 18 | |
| People aged 65 and over% of people · 2023 | 2.6 | 2.9 | |
| Net migration rateper 1,000 people · 2023 | -0.3 | 39.6 | |
| Economy | |||
| GDP per personUS dollars at 2015 prices · 2025 | $548 | $1,0802015 | |
| GDP growth% a year · 2025 | 1.72024 | 41.4 | |
| Inflation% a year · 2025 | 28.4 | 97.6 | |
| Government debt% of GDP · 2025 | 96.6 | 64.2 | |
| Education | |||
| Learning-adjusted schoolingyears · 2020 | 5.5 | 2.5 | |
| Adult literacy% of adults · 2020 | 70.2 | 26.82008 | |
| Girls in primary school% of girls of primary-school age · 2015 | 97.12007 | 30.4 | |
| Politics | |||
| Electoral democracyindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.56 | 0.13 | |
| Human rightsindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.81 | 0.23 | |
| Conflict | |||
| Deaths in conflictsdeaths a year · 2022 | 0 | 679 | |
| Military | |||
| Military spending% of GDP · 2025 | 1.15 | 3.43 | |
| Military spending in US dollarsUS dollars at 2024 prices · 2025 | $128M | $103M | |
| Military spending per personUS dollars per person · 2025 | $7 | $15 | |
| Military share of state spending% of government spending · 2025 | 3.8 | 18.4 | |
| Armed forces personnelpeople · 2020 | 15,000 | 53,000 | |
| National power% of world capability · 2022 | 0.07 | 0.08 | |
| Armed forces, share of workers% of the labour force · 2020 | 0.2 | 1.18 | |
| Arms importsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2024 | 2 million | 10 million2022 | |
| Climate | |||
| Temperature°C · 2025 | 22.2 | 28.1 | |
| Days above 35 °Cdays a year · 2014 | 3.7 | 115.2 | |
| Tropical nightsnights a year · 2014 | 138.1 | 343.7 | |
| Technology and environment | |||
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 19 | 6.72019 | |
| Access to electricity% of people · 2024 | 15.6 | 5.4 | |
| Forest area% of land · 2024 | 22 | 11.3 | |
Each country on its own
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, 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time