Malawi vs Zimbabwe
Malawi vs Zimbabwe: Days above 35 °C
Days above 35 °C in 2014: 3.7 days in Malawi and 15.9 days in Zimbabwe, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in Zimbabwe, by 12.2 days, or 4.26 times that in Malawi.
days a year · CMIP6
What the numbers say
- Zimbabwe has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
- The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts Malawi at 16.3 days and Zimbabwe at 58.2 days in 2100.
Every year
days a year · CMIP6
| Year | Malawi | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3.7 | 15.9 |
| 2013 | 4.3 | 17.1 |
| 2012 | 3.5 | 15.7 |
| 2011 | 3.1 | 12.5 |
| 2010 | 3.4 | 15.3 |
| 2009 | 3.2 | 13 |
| 2008 | 3.2 | 13.5 |
| 2007 | 3.5 | 14.3 |
| 2006 | 3.1 | 12.9 |
| 2005 | 3 | 14.6 |
| 2004 | 3.4 | 16.2 |
| 2003 | 3.7 | 15.4 |
| 2002 | 3.5 | 14.9 |
| 2001 | 3.6 | 14.6 |
| 2000 | 3.2 | 15.1 |
| 1999 | 2.7 | 12.5 |
| 1998 | 3.1 | 13.2 |
| 1997 | 2.8 | 12 |
| 1996 | 2.7 | 9.7 |
| 1995 | 2.3 | 10.5 |
| 1994 | 2.3 | 9.8 |
| 1993 | 1.7 | 7.4 |
| 1992 | 2.3 | 7.9 |
| 1991 | 2.3 | 8.9 |
| 1990 | 2.5 | 10.9 |
| 1989 | 2.5 | 12.1 |
| 1988 | 2.6 | 11.6 |
| 1987 | 2.4 | 10.5 |
| 1986 | 2.5 | 10.4 |
| 1985 | 2 | 8.9 |
| 1984 | 2.2 | 8.9 |
| 1983 | 2.5 | 9 |
| 1982 | 2.2 | 9.2 |
| 1981 | 2.3 | 9.7 |
| 1980 | 2.4 | 10 |
| 1979 | 2.3 | 9.3 |
| 1978 | 2.1 | 8 |
| 1977 | 2.4 | 9.4 |
| 1976 | 2 | 7.4 |
| 1975 | 2.4 | 10 |
| 1974 | 2.5 | 11 |
| 1973 | 2.1 | 10 |
| 1972 | 2 | 8.2 |
| 1971 | 2 | 8.4 |
| 1970 | 2.3 | 9.1 |
| 1969 | 2.3 | 9.3 |
| 1968 | 2 | 8.6 |
| 1967 | 2 | 7.4 |
| 1966 | 1.7 | 7.5 |
| 1965 | 2.4 | 8.4 |
| 1964 | 1.4 | 6.2 |
| 1963 | 2 | 6.3 |
| 1962 | 2.2 | 9.1 |
| 1961 | 2.3 | 8.8 |
| 1960 | 2.5 | 9 |
| 1959 | 2.6 | 9.6 |
| 1958 | 2.6 | 10.2 |
| 1957 | 2.2 | 9.9 |
| 1956 | 2 | 7.9 |
| 1955 | 2.3 | 11.2 |
| 1954 | 2.5 | 8.8 |
| 1953 | 1.9 | 8.6 |
| 1952 | 2.1 | 9.4 |
| 1951 | 1.9 | 8.3 |
| 1950 | 2.2 | 9 |
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2015–2100
| Year | Malawi | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4.62.2–8.3 | 17.19.2–27.4 |
| 2016 | 4.22.1–8.2 | 17.37.9–31.7 |
| 2017 | 4.12.3–7.6 | 189–29.3 |
| 2018 | 4.22.2–7.4 | 18.78.6–33.5 |
| 2019 | 4.32.4–7.7 | 18.48.7–28.5 |
| 2020 | 4.82–8.5 | 2211.6–34.5 |
| 2021 | 3.72.1–6.7 | 17.48.9–31.5 |
| 2022 | 4.82.5–8.6 | 22.111.3–34.2 |
| 2023 | 5.52.5–9 | 23.914.6–37.2 |
| 2024 | 4.72.7–7.7 | 22.712.2–35.4 |
| 2025 | 4.71.4–9.6 | 19.47.7–35.5 |
| 2026 | 4.82.7–9.2 | 23.213.8–35.1 |
| 2027 | 62.9–13 | 24.313.2–47.8 |
| 2028 | 5.32.7–8.9 | 23.213.4–42.3 |
| 2029 | 5.32.4–10.7 | 26.913.5–41.7 |
| 2030 | 5.42.5–13.1 | 24.713.5–44.4 |
| 2031 | 5.53.1–9.9 | 21.710.1–43.4 |
| 2032 | 5.72.9–11 | 23.913.4–37.9 |
| 2033 | 72.9–12.9 | 28.314.5–44.9 |
| 2034 | 6.73.3–13 | 30.915.4–52.5 |
| 2035 | 6.73.1–13.6 | 2714.6–44 |
| 2036 | 5.52.8–11.8 | 25.613–44.1 |
| 2037 | 7.13.6–13.7 | 29.415.2–46.3 |
| 2038 | 7.34.2–13.7 | 3316.3–54 |
| 2039 | 6.33.2–13.5 | 26.413.6–43.8 |
| 2040 | 6.33.1–12.1 | 2414.1–43.5 |
| 2041 | 72.9–13.3 | 29.216.6–45.4 |
| 2042 | 6.83.8–12.4 | 30.917.6–52.3 |
| 2043 | 6.53.5–16.7 | 32.416–51.2 |
| 2044 | 6.92.8–15.2 | 30.117.1–50.7 |
| 2045 | 7.13.9–12.2 | 29.414.1–46.6 |
| 2046 | 7.83.8–14.2 | 3318.1–50.4 |
| 2047 | 8.34–17.8 | 32.717.6–52.7 |
| 2048 | 9.14.7–17.3 | 35.519.2–56.3 |
| 2049 | 7.33.8–15 | 34.619.8–57.8 |
| 2050 | 9.54.7–18.2 | 38.920–58.3 |
| 2051 | 10.64.5–23.3 | 37.319.7–65.6 |
| 2052 | 105–21 | 42.321.3–67.1 |
| 2053 | 8.72.4–19.7 | 35.519.9–56.4 |
| 2054 | 9.93.7–23.4 | 43.823–73.8 |
| 2055 | 10.64.6–20.7 | 40.622.1–66.4 |
| 2056 | 10.33.7–22.2 | 37.819.9–64.7 |
| 2057 | 10.54.6–21.4 | 36.319.8–63.3 |
| 2058 | 11.35.9–20.5 | 38.519.1–60.6 |
| 2059 | 11.55.6–21.2 | 46.824.8–70.1 |
| 2060 | 10.84.1–22.7 | 42.620.1–66.8 |
| 2061 | 11.34.8–22.1 | 42.920.8–66.2 |
| 2062 | 11.35.1–22.7 | 39.224.1–65.6 |
| 2063 | 10.15.2–23.7 | 40.424.4–62.1 |
| 2064 | 11.85–20.3 | 4122.2–59.1 |
| 2065 | 12.85.1–26.9 | 4523.3–75.1 |
| 2066 | 126–29.8 | 42.423.1–67.5 |
| 2067 | 10.44.9–22.7 | 38.622.2–72.6 |
| 2068 | 11.45–23.2 | 42.622.4–65 |
| 2069 | 13.15.1–24.7 | 45.524.4–72.1 |
| 2070 | 12.15.2–23.4 | 4223.8–65.3 |
| 2071 | 13.75–26.6 | 43.622.9–68.4 |
| 2072 | 14.36.3–26.1 | 47.623.8–70.9 |
| 2073 | 14.85.2–31 | 52.827.6–86.9 |
| 2074 | 11.45.2–26.8 | 49.329–82.9 |
| 2075 | 11.65.5–26.2 | 41.824.5–70.4 |
| 2076 | 13.35.3–28.2 | 44.125.3–76.6 |
| 2077 | 13.56.6–25.7 | 47.728.3–86.8 |
| 2078 | 13.95–24.9 | 47.125–73.2 |
| 2079 | 14.37–26.2 | 48.326.6–83 |
| 2080 | 13.56.3–29.4 | 54.828.1–82.5 |
| 2081 | 13.94.7–26.2 | 49.525.8–88.8 |
| 2082 | 12.46.4–28.7 | 46.129–81.5 |
| 2083 | 14.47.5–27.7 | 46.623.8–90.9 |
| 2084 | 14.76.5–27.6 | 52.128.9–75.3 |
| 2085 | 15.77.8–31.7 | 57.231.7–91.8 |
| 2086 | 136.6–27.8 | 49.230–75.3 |
| 2087 | 13.96.4–30.6 | 52.130.2–87.7 |
| 2088 | 17.15.9–35.2 | 58.629.2–86.4 |
| 2089 | 15.67–28.8 | 55.432–84.2 |
| 2090 | 17.34.8–37.7 | 54.730.4–83.6 |
| 2091 | 17.95.2–35.8 | 5226.4–87.2 |
| 2092 | 16.76.7–34.9 | 56.332.9–86.5 |
| 2093 | 15.95.8–32.8 | 53.624.6–86.7 |
| 2094 | 18.86–34.8 | 61.331.2–91.4 |
| 2095 | 16.77.4–29.2 | 56.329.4–87.6 |
| 2096 | 16.36.4–31.6 | 52.230.1–86.6 |
| 2097 | 145.6–30.8 | 48.627–81.7 |
| 2098 | 15.77.8–29.3 | 55.831.3–98.2 |
| 2099 | 18.37.2–39.1 | 54.931.1–96.5 |
| 2100 | 16.36.6–32.1 | 58.229.4–85.2 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Days in a year whose highest temperature passes 35 °C, averaged over the country.
- Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal, CMIP6 multi-model median.
- The dashed line is the CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its models’ 10th–90th percentile.
- Climate model values are the median of the CMIP6 models, run on past emissions to 2014 and on SSP2-4.5, a middle-of-the-road path, after: they are not measurements.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Malawi vs Zimbabwe
Health
- Life expectancyMalawi: 67.4 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 62.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMalawi: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024Zimbabwe: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMalawi: 29.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zimbabwe: 33.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterMalawi: 17.8% in 2022Zimbabwe: 26.5% in 2022
- DepressionMalawi: 3.45% in 2017Zimbabwe: 3.19% in 2017
- Suicide rateMalawi: 12.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Zimbabwe: 26.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMalawi: 21.1 million people in 2023Zimbabwe: 16.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthMalawi: 2.57% a year in 2023Zimbabwe: 1.68% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMalawi: 3.65 births per woman in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.72 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMalawi: 17.6% in 2025Zimbabwe: 40.5% in 2025
- Median ageMalawi: 17.6 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMalawi: 2.6% in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateMalawi: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Zimbabwe: -6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMalawi: 1.15% of GDP in 2025Zimbabwe: 0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMalawi: $128M in 2025Zimbabwe: $134M in 2025
- Military spending per personMalawi: $7 in 2025Zimbabwe: $10 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMalawi: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Zimbabwe: 5.3% of government spending in 2005
- Armed forces personnelMalawi: 15,000 people in 2020Zimbabwe: 51,000 people in 2020
- National powerMalawi: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Zimbabwe: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMalawi: 0.2% of the labour force in 2020Zimbabwe: 0.88% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMalawi: 2 million TIV in 2024Zimbabwe: 20 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsMalawi: 1 million TIV in 2000Zimbabwe: 4 million TIV in 2001