Vulnerability score in Malawi
Malawi: Vulnerability score was 0.549 in 2024. ▬ Flat
Vulnerability score in Malawi, 2015–2024
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 0.549 for vulnerability score in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vulnerability score in Malawi peaked at 0.5624 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.549, in 2023.
That places Malawi 27th out of 187 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Vulnerability score in Malawi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 0.5585 | — |
| 2016 | 0.5624 | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.5576 | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.5546 | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.5568 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.5556 | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.5519 | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.5499 | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.549 | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.549 | +0.0% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 0.549 is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.5592, 98% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 0.549 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.5224, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.558 | 0.5546 | 0.5624 | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.5511 | 0.549 | 0.5556 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 24 Burundi 0.5532 compare
- 25 Maldives 0.5504 compare
- 26 Papua New Guinea 0.5496 compare
- 28 Sao Tome and Principe 0.5418 compare
- 29 Comoros 0.541 compare
- 30 East Timor 0.5381 compare
More economy & growth data for Malawi
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate -14.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.07 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.6 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -12.14 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 0.0151 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -16.34 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 0.0111 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vulnerability score in Malawi?
- Vulnerability score in Malawi was 0.549 in 2024, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest vulnerability score recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5624 in 2016.
- What is the lowest vulnerability score recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.549 in 2023.
- How does Malawi rank for vulnerability score?
- Malawi ranks 27th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vulnerability score rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Vulnerability score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The ND-GAIN index is a global free open-source index, that measures a country’s current vulnerability to climate disruptions and assesses a country’s readiness to leverage private and public sector investment for adaptive actions. The IMF-adapted ND-GAIN index is an adaptation of the original index, adjusted by IMF staff to replace the Doing Business (DB) Index, used as source data in the original ND-GAIN, because the DB database has been discontinued by the World Bank in 2020 and it is no longer allowed in IMF work. The IMF-adapted ND-GAIN is an interim solution offered by IMF staff until the ND-GAIN compilers will review the methodology and replace the DB index.