Malawi Social: Health Statistics
MW: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population
MW: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population data was reported at 0.580 Ratio in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.650 Ratio for 2023. MW: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population data is updated yearly, averaging 5.200 Ratio from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2024, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 14.200 Ratio in 1993 and a record low of 0.580 Ratio in 2024. MW: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Number of new HIV infections among uninfected populations expressed per 1,000 uninfected population in the year before the period.;UNAIDS estimates, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), uri: https://aidsinfo.unaids.org/, publisher: UNAIDS, date accessed: 2025-08-27, date published: 2025-07;Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.580 2024 | yearly | 1990 - 2024 |
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MW: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population Aged 15-24
MW: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population Aged 15-24 data was reported at 0.800 Ratio in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.900 Ratio for 2023. MW: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 7.000 Ratio from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2024, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 21.500 Ratio in 1993 and a record low of 0.800 Ratio in 2024. MW: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Number of new HIV infections among uninfected populations ages 15-24 expressed per 1,000 uninfected population ages 15-24 in the year before the period.;UNAIDS estimates, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), uri: https://aidsinfo.unaids.org/, publisher: UNAIDS, date accessed: 2025-08-27, date published: 2025-07;Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.800 2024 | yearly | 1990 - 2024 |
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MW: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-24
MW: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-24 data was reported at 3,600.000 Number in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3,900.000 Number for 2023. MW: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 19,000.000 Number from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2024, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 38,000.000 Number in 1993 and a record low of 3,600.000 Number in 2024. MW: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Number of young people (ages 15-24) newly infected with HIV.;UNAIDS estimates, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), uri: https://aidsinfo.unaids.org/, publisher: UNAIDS, date accessed: 2025-08-27, date published: 2025-07;;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 3,600.000 2024 | yearly | 1990 - 2024 |
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MW: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-49
MW: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-49 data was reported at 9,400.000 Number in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 10,000.000 Number for 2023. MW: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-49 data is updated yearly, averaging 42,000.000 Number from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2024, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 100,000.000 Number in 1993 and a record low of 9,400.000 Number in 2024. MW: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-49 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Number of adults (ages 15-49) newly infected with HIV.;UNAIDS estimates, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), uri: https://aidsinfo.unaids.org/, publisher: UNAIDS, date accessed: 2025-08-27, date published: 2025-07;;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 9,400.000 2024 | yearly | 1990 - 2024 |
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MW: Prevalence of Anemia among Children: % of Children Aged 6-59 Months
MW: Prevalence of Anemia among Children: % of Children Aged 6-59 Months data was reported at 55.100 % in 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 55.600 % for 2018. MW: Prevalence of Anemia among Children: % of Children Aged 6-59 Months data is updated yearly, averaging 65.900 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2019, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 76.400 % in 2000 and a record low of 55.100 % in 2019. MW: Prevalence of Anemia among Children: % of Children Aged 6-59 Months data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Prevalence of anemia, children ages 6-59 months, is the percentage of children ages 6-59 months whose hemoglobin level is less than 110 grams per liter, adjusted for altitude.;Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO);Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 55.100 2019 | yearly | 2000 - 2019 |
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MW: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: % of Adults
MW: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: % of Adults data was reported at 9.700 % in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 10.100 % for 2021. MW: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: % of Adults data is updated yearly, averaging 15.800 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2022, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 24.100 % in 2000 and a record low of 9.700 % in 2022. MW: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: % of Adults data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. The percentage of the population ages 15 years and over who currently use any tobacco product (smoked and/or smokeless tobacco) on a daily or non-daily basis. Tobacco products include cigarettes, pipes, cigars, cigarillos, waterpipes (hookah, shisha), bidis, kretek, heated tobacco products, and all forms of smokeless (oral and nasal) tobacco. Tobacco products exclude e-cigarettes (which do not contain tobacco), “e-cigars”, “e-hookahs”, JUUL and “e-pipes”. The rates are age-standardized to the WHO Standard Population.;Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho;Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 10.800 2020 | yearly | 2000 - 2020 |
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MW: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Females: % of Female Adults
MW: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Females: % of Female Adults data was reported at 3.000 % in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.200 % for 2021. MW: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Females: % of Female Adults data is updated yearly, averaging 6.600 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2022, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12.800 % in 2000 and a record low of 3.000 % in 2022. MW: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Females: % of Female Adults data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. The percentage of the female population ages 15 years and over who currently use any tobacco product (smoked and/or smokeless tobacco) on a daily or non-daily basis. Tobacco products include cigarettes, pipes, cigars, cigarillos, waterpipes (hookah, shisha), bidis, kretek, heated tobacco products, and all forms of smokeless (oral and nasal) tobacco. Tobacco products exclude e-cigarettes (which do not contain tobacco), “e-cigars”, “e-hookahs”, JUUL and “e-pipes”. The rates are age-standardized to the WHO Standard Population.;Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho;Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 4.100 2020 | yearly | 2000 - 2020 |
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MW: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Males: % of Male Adults
MW: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Males: % of Male Adults data was reported at 16.400 % in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 16.900 % for 2021. MW: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Males: % of Male Adults data is updated yearly, averaging 24.900 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2022, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 35.300 % in 2000 and a record low of 16.400 % in 2022. MW: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Males: % of Male Adults data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. The percentage of the male population ages 15 years and over who currently use any tobacco product (smoked and/or smokeless tobacco) on a daily or non-daily basis. Tobacco products include cigarettes, pipes, cigars, cigarillos, waterpipes (hookah, shisha), bidis, kretek, heated tobacco products, and all forms of smokeless (oral and nasal) tobacco. Tobacco products exclude e-cigarettes (which do not contain tobacco), “e-cigars”, “e-hookahs”, JUUL and “e-pipes”. The rates are age-standardized to the WHO Standard Population.;Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho;Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 17.500 2020 | yearly | 2000 - 2020 |
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MW: Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population
MW: Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data was reported at 81.700 % in 2023. This stayed constant from the previous number of 81.700 % for 2022. MW: Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data is updated yearly, averaging 79.900 % from Dec 2015 (Median) to 2023, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 82.400 % in 2021 and a record low of 78.100 % in 2015. MW: Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. The percentage of people in the population who live in households classified as moderately or severely food insecure. A household is classified as moderately or severely food insecure when at least one adult in the household has reported to have been exposed, at times during the year, to low quality diets and might have been forced to also reduce the quantity of food they would normally eat because of a lack of money or other resources.;Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO);Population-weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 81.700 2023 | yearly | 2015 - 2023 |
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MW: Prevalence of Overweight: Weight for Height: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate
MW: Prevalence of Overweight: Weight for Height: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate data was reported at 4.400 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.900 % for 2023. MW: Prevalence of Overweight: Weight for Height: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate data is updated yearly, averaging 4.800 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2024, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12.000 % in 2000 and a record low of 3.100 % in 2020. MW: Prevalence of Overweight: Weight for Height: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Prevalence of overweight children is the percentage of children under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations above the median for the international reference population of the corresponding age as established by the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.;Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/joint-child-malnutrition-estimates-unicef-who-wb; World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/joint-child-malnutrition-estimates-unicef-who-wb, note: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME); World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/joint-child-malnutrition-estimates-unicef-who-wb, note: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME);Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 4.700 2020 | yearly | 2000 - 2020 |
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MW: Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population
MW: Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data was reported at 55.600 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 53.500 % for 2022. MW: Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data is updated yearly, averaging 49.500 % from Dec 2015 (Median) to 2023, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 55.600 % in 2023 and a record low of 47.700 % in 2015. MW: Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. The percentage of people in the population who live in households classified as severely food insecure. A household is classified as severely food insecure when at least one adult in the household has reported to have been exposed, at times during the year, to several of the most severe experiences described in the FIES questions, such as to have been forced to reduce the quantity of the food, to have skipped meals, having gone hungry, or having to go for a whole day without eating because of a lack of money or other resources.;Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO);Population-weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 55.600 2023 | yearly | 2015 - 2023 |
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MW: Prevalence of Stunting: Height for Age: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate
MW: Prevalence of Stunting: Height for Age: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate data was reported at 33.200 % in 2024. This stayed constant from the previous number of 33.200 % for 2023. MW: Prevalence of Stunting: Height for Age: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate data is updated yearly, averaging 43.500 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2024, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 56.100 % in 2000 and a record low of 33.200 % in 2024. MW: Prevalence of Stunting: Height for Age: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Prevalence of stunting is the percentage of children under age 5 whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.;Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/joint-child-malnutrition-estimates-unicef-who-wb, publisher: JME; World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/joint-child-malnutrition-estimates-unicef-who-wb, note: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), publisher: JME; World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/joint-child-malnutrition-estimates-unicef-who-wb, note: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), publisher: JME;Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 33.200 2024 | yearly | 2000 - 2024 |
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Prevalence of Overweight: % of Adults
Prevalence of Overweight: % of Adults data was reported at 24.290 % in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 23.670 % for 2021. Prevalence of Overweight: % of Adults data is updated yearly, averaging 15.730 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2022, with 33 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 24.290 % in 2022 and a record low of 8.880 % in 1990. Prevalence of Overweight: % of Adults data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Prevalence of overweight adults is the percentage of adults ages 18 and over whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is more than 25 kg/m2. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height, or the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters.;World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).;;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 23.400 2016 | yearly | 1975 - 2016 |