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Malawi - Introduction 1993
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Background: Established in 1891 the British protectorate of Nyasaland became the independent nation of Malawi in 1964. It has had one-party rule ever since.


Malawi - Geography 1993
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Location: Southern Africa, between Mozambique and Zambia

Geographic coordinates

Map referenceAfrica, Standard Time Zones of the World

Area
Total: 118,480 km²
Land: 94,080 km²

Land boundaries:
total 2,881 km, Mozambique 1,569 km, Tanzania 475 km,
Zambia 837 km


Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

Maritime claims: none; landlocked

Climate:
tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to
November)


Terrain: narrow elongated plateau with rolling plains, rounded hills, some mountains

Elevation

Natural resources
Land use

Land use
Arable land: 25%
Permanent crops: 0%
Meadows and pastures: 20%
Forest and woodland: 50%
Other: 5%

Irrigated land: 200 km² (1989 est.)

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Natural hazards

Geography


Malawi - People 1993
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Population: 9,831,935 (July 1993 est.)
Growth rate: -0.95% (1993 est.)

Nationality
Noun: Malawian(s)
Adjective: Malawian

Ethnic groups:
Chewa, Nyanja, Tumbuko, Yao, Lomwe, Sena, Tonga, Ngoni,
Ngonde, Asian, European


Languages: English (official), Chichewa (official), other languages important regionally

Religions: Protestant 55%, Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 20%, traditional indigenous beliefs

Demographic profile
Age structure

Age structure

Dependency ratios

Median age

Population growth rate: -0.95% (1993 est.)

Birth rate: 51.1 births/1000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 22.87 deaths/1000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: -37.71 migrant(s)/1000 population (1993 est.)

Population distribution

Urbanization

Major urban areas

Environment
Current issues: deforestation
Current issues note: landlocked

Air pollutants

Sex ratio

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate: 141.9 deaths/1000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 40.48 years
Male: 39.61 years
Female: 41.37 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 7.5 children born/woman (1993 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

Drinking water source

Current health expenditure

Physicians density

Hospital bed density

Sanitation facility access

Hiv/Aids

Major infectious diseases

Obesity adult prevalence rate

Alcohol consumption

Tobacco use

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

Education expenditures

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1966)
Male: 34%
Female: 12%

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education

Youth unemployment


Malawi - Government 1993
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Country name
Conventional long form: Republic of Malawi
Conventional short form: Malawi
Former: Nyasaland

Government type: one-party republic; a referendum to determine whether Malawi should remain a one-party state is scheduled to be held on 14 June 1993

Capital: Lilongwe

Administrative divisions:
24 districts; Blantyre, Chikwawa, Chiradzulu,
Chitipa, Dedza, Dowa, Karonga, Kasungu, Lilongwe, Machinga (Kasupe), Mangochi,
Mchinji, Mulanje, Mwanza, Mzimba, Ntcheu, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Nsanje,
Ntchisi, Rumphi, Salima, Thyolo, Zomba


Dependent areas

Independence: 6 July 1964 (from UK)

National holiday: Independence Day, 6 July (1964)

Constitution: 6 July 1964; republished as amended January 1974

Legal system: based on English common law and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court of Appeal; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

International law organization participation

Citizenship

Suffrage: 21 years of age; universal

Executive branch: president, Cabinet

Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly

Judicial branch: High Court, Supreme Court of Appeal

Political parties and leaders

International organization participation:
ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-77, GATT, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU,
IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ISO (correspondent),
ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAU, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,
WTO


Diplomatic representation
In the us chief of mission: Ambassador Robert B. MBAYA
In the us chancery: 2,408 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20,008
In the us telephone: (202) 797-1007
From the us chief of mission: Ambassador Michael T. F. PISTOR
From the us embassy: address NA, in new capital city development area in Lilongwe
From the us mailing address: P. O. Box 30,016, Lilongwe
From the us telephone: 265 730-166
From the us fax: 265 732-282

Flag descriptionflag of Malawi: three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green with a radiant, rising, red sun centered in the black band; similar to the flag of Afghanistan, which is longer and has the national coat of arms superimposed on the hoist side of the black and red bands

National symbols

National anthem

National heritage


Malawi - Economy 1993
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Economy overview: Landlocked Malawi ranks among the world's least developed countries. The economy is predominately agricultural, with about 90% of the population living in rural areas. Agriculture accounts for 40% of GDP and 90% of export revenues. After two years of weak performance, economic growth improved significantly in 1988-91 as a result of good weather and a broadly based economic adjustment effort by the government. Drought cut overall output sharply in 1992. The economy depends on substantial inflows of economic assistance from the IMF, the World Bank, and individual donor nations.

Real gdp purchasing power parity

Real gdp growth rate: -7.7% (1992 est.)

Real gdp per capita: $200 (1992 est.)

Gross national saving
Gdp composition by sector of origin

Gdp composition by end use

Gdp composition by sector of origin

Agriculture products: accounts for 40% of GDP; cash crops - tobacco, sugarcane, cotton, tea, and corn; subsistence crops - potatoes, cassava, sorghum, pulses; livestock - cattle, goats

Industries: agricultural processing (tea, tobacco, sugar), sawmilling, cement, consumer goods

Industrial production growth rate: growth rate 4.0% (1990 est.), accounts for about 18% of GDP (1988)

Labor force: 428,000 wage earners
By occupation agriculture: 43%
By occupation manufacturing: 16%
By occupation personalservices: 15%
By occupation commerce: 9%
By occupation construction: 7%
By occupation miscellaneousservices: 4%
By occupation otherpermanentlyemployed: 6% (1986)
Labor force

Unemployment rate: NA%

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share

Distribution of family income gini index

Budget: revenues $398 million; expenditures $510 million, including capital expenditures of $154 million (FY91 est.)

Taxes and other revenues

Public debt

Revenue

Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March

Inflation rate consumer prices

Central bank discount rate

Commercial bank prime lending rate

Stock of narrow money

Stock of broad money

Stock of domestic credit

Market value of publicly traded shares

Current account balance

Exports: $400 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.)
Commodoties: tobacco, tea, sugar, coffee, peanuts, wood products
Partners: US, UK, Zambia, South Africa, Germany

Imports: $660 million (c.i.f., 1991 est.)
Commodoties: food, petroleum products, semimanufactures, consumer goods, transportation equipment
Partners: South Africa, Japan, US, UK, Zimbabwe

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Debt external

Stock of direct foreign investment at home

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad

Exchange rates: Malawian kwacha (MK) per US$1 - 4.3418 (November 1992), 2.8033 (1991), 2.7289 (1990), 2.7595 (1989), 2.5613 (1988), 2.2087 (1987)


Malawi - Energy 1993
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Electricity
Production: 190,000 kW capacity; 620 million kWh produced, 65 kWh per capita (1992)

Coal

Petroleum

Crude oil

Refined petroleum

Natural gas

Carbon dioxide emissions

Energy consumption per capita


Malawi - Communication 1993
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Telephones

Telephone system

Broadcast media

Internet

Broadband fixed subscriptions


Malawi - Military 1993
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Military expenditures
Percent of gdp: exchange rate conversion - $22 million, 1.6% of GDP (1989 est.)

Military and security forces

Military service age and obligation

Space program

Terrorist groups


Malawi - Transportation 1993
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National air transport system

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports
Usable: 41
With permanentsurface runways: 5
With runways over 3659 m: 0
With runways 2440-3659 m: 1
With runways 1220-2439 m: 10

Heliports

Pipelines

Railways

Roadways

Waterways: Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi; Shire River, 144 km

Merchant marine

Ports and terminals


Malawi - Transnational issues 1993
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Disputes international:
dispute with Tanzania over the boundary in Lake
Nyasa (Lake Malawi)


Refugees and internally displaced persons

Illicit drugs


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