Malawi
Safe drinking water in Malawi
Safe drinking water in Malawi: 6.9% in 2000 and 17.8% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 17.8%
- Since 2000
- +10.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2022
- 126 of 135
- counting from the highest
- World, 2022
- 72.9%
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
Every year
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
| Year | Malawi | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17.8 | 72.9 |
| 2021 | 17.1 | 72.5 |
| 2020 | 16.5 | 72.3 |
| 2019 | 15.9 | 71.7 |
| 2018 | 15.3 | 71 |
| 2017 | 14.7 | 70.4 |
| 2016 | 14.1 | 69.7 |
| 2015 | 13.6 | 69.1 |
| 2014 | 13.1 | 68.4 |
| 2013 | 12.5 | 67.7 |
| 2012 | 12 | 67.1 |
| 2011 | 11.5 | 66.4 |
| 2010 | 11.1 | 65.9 |
| 2009 | 10.6 | 65.4 |
| 2008 | 10.2 | 64.9 |
| 2007 | 9.7 | 64.6 |
| 2006 | 9.3 | 64 |
| 2005 | 8.9 | 63.7 |
| 2004 | 8.5 | 63 |
| 2003 | 8.1 | 62.4 |
| 2002 | 7.7 | 61.8 |
| 2001 | 7.3 | 61.1 |
| 2000 | 6.9 | 60.8 |
Good to know
- The share of people whose drinking water comes from an improved source at home, there when needed and free of contamination.
- Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 135 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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Malawi in numbers
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Military
- Military spending1.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$128M in 2025
- Military spending per person$7 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel15,000 people in 2020
- National power0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2000