Malawi
- Official Name:
- Republic of Malawi (Malawi)
- Area:
- 118.480 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 13.603.181 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 0 km. None
- Capital:
- Lilongwe
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Chipoka, Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Chilumba
- Maritime claims:
-
- Territorial sea: ND
- Exclusive economic zone: ND
- Continental shelf: ND
- Political divisions:
- 27 districts; Balaka, Blantyre, Chikwawa, Chiradzulu, Chitipa, Dedza, Dowa, Karonga, Kasungu, Likoma, Lilongwe, Machinga (Kasupe), Mangochi, Mchinji, Mulanje, Mwanza, Mzimba, Ntcheu, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Nsanje, Ntchisi, Phalombe, Rumphi, Salima, Thyolo, Zomba
- Language(s):
- Chichewa 57,2% (official), Chinyanja 12,8%, Chiyao 10,1%, Chitumbuka 9,5%, Chisena 2,7%, Chilomwe 2,4%, Chitonga 1,7%, other 3,6% (1998 census)
- National holiday:
- Independence Day (Republic Day), 6 July (1964)
- Nationality:
- Malawian(s)
- Official time:
- UTC 2.
- Member of:
- ACP, AfDB, AU, C, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MONUC, NAM, ONUB, OPCW, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
- Internet country code:
- .mw
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
Malawian kwacha (MWK) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD 600 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD 2.202.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 8,5% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 35,4%
- Industry: 17,6%
- Services: 47%
- Labor force:
- 4.500.000 (2001 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (2003):
-
- Agriculture 90%
- Industry and services: 10%
- Unemployment rate:
- ND
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 13,9% (2006 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- 9,2% del PIB (2006 est.)
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD818.400.000
- Expenditures: USD895.900.000
- Public debt:
- 68,4% of GDP (2006 est.)
- Current account balance:
- USD -186.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 513.100.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Tobacco 53%, tea, sugar, cotton, coffee, peanuts, wood products, apparel
- Exports - Partners:
- US 17,8%, South Africa 11,2%, Egypt 7,6%, Germany 6,9%, Netherlands 6,8%, Japan 4,8%, Russia 4,6%, Mozambique 4,3%, UK 4,2% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 767.900.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Food, petroleum products, semimanufactures, consumer goods, transportation equipment
- Imports - partners:
- South Africa 36,3%, Zambia 9%, Zimbabwe 7,6%, Mozambique 7%, India 6,7%, Tanzania 4,8% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD175.500.000 (2006 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD 982.400.000 (2006)
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