Net migration in Malawi

Net migration to Malawi was -5,628 people in 2025.

Measure: Net migration Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Malawi, 2025 -5,628 People
Change from 2024 −273.5% 2024: -1,507 people
World, 2025 0 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 138th of 217 See the full ranking

Net migration in Malawi over time

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Net migration (people), 2001 to 2025
Period MalawiWorld
2025 -5,628 people 0 people
2024 -1,507 people 0 people
2023 -5,811 people 0 people
2022 -5,231 people 0 people
2021 -2,666 people 0 people
2020 -2,655 people 0 people
2019 -1,837 people 0 people
2018 -3,267 people 0 people
2017 982 people 0 people
2016 3,505 people 0 people
2015 -6,471 people 0 people
2014 -10,317 people 0 people
2013 -12,934 people 0 people
2012 -13,561 people 0 people
2011 -12,170 people 0 people
2010 -9,327 people 0 people
2009 -8,590 people 0 people
2008 -9,264 people 0 people
2007 -22,680 people 0 people
2006 -29,450 people 0 people
2005 -31,462 people 0 people
2004 -32,221 people 0 people
2003 -31,729 people 0 people
2002 -30,013 people 0 people
2001 -28,933 people 0 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −273.5% from -1,507 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -6,471 people, the figure has changed by +13.0%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Malawi has the 138th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SM.POP.NETM · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Malawi
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects