Country information
- Landlocked/Coastal: Landlocked
- Country area: 118,484 km²
- Pop: 15,879,252
- Religions: Christian, Muslim
- GDP/ World Rank Dollars: $4.73 billion (135)
- HDI/ World Rank Index: 0.385 (153)
- Main Languages: Nyanja, Yao, Tumbuka
- Largest three cities: Lilongwe, Blantyre, Zomba
- Capital: Lilongwe
- Type of government: Parliamentary republic / multi-party democracy
- Economic Structure: Exports: $6560.3 million (2006 est): tobacco, tea, sugar, cotton, coffee, peanuts, wood products, apparel Imports: $832 million (2006 est) - food, petroleum products, semimanufactures, consumer goods, transport equipment
- Name of president, PM, Ruler: President Bingu wa Mutharika
- Date of next election: N/A
- HIV/AIDS prevalence: 11% (2009 est)
- Literacy rates: 62.70%
- Corruption perceptions index 2010: 3.4
- 2011 Doing Business Rank: 133
- Life expectancy: 51.7
- Percentage below poverty line: 53% (2004 est)
This page will be updated as the project progresses and we learn more about the social and environmental enterprise sectors in Malawi.