Prevalence of undernourishment in Malawi
An estimated 24.5% of people in Malawi were undernourished in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2001.
Malawi, 2024
24.5%
Change from 2023
+1.6percentage points
World, 2024
8.1%
Position in 2024
16th of 165
Prevalence of undernourishment in Malawi over time
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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Malawi | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24.5% | 8.1% |
| 2023 | 22.9% | 8.5% |
| 2022 | 20.9% | 8.6% |
| 2021 | 20.4% | 8.6% |
| 2020 | 19.9% | 8.4% |
| 2019 | 19.3% | 7.5% |
| 2018 | 18.3% | 7.4% |
| 2017 | 17.6% | 7.2% |
| 2016 | 16.7% | 7.6% |
| 2015 | 16.3% | 8.0% |
| 2014 | 15.5% | 7.4% |
| 2013 | 14.9% | 7.7% |
| 2012 | 14.2% | 8.2% |
| 2011 | 13.9% | 8.2% |
| 2010 | 14.1% | 8.7% |
| 2009 | 14.7% | 9.0% |
| 2008 | 15.9% | 9.3% |
| 2007 | 17.5% | 10.0% |
| 2006 | 19.3% | 11.0% |
| 2005 | 21.5% | 12.1% |
| 2004 | 23.2% | 12.7% |
| 2003 | 24.1% | 12.9% |
| 2002 | 23.4% | 13.2% |
| 2001 | 23.2% | 13.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.6 percentage points from 22.9% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 15.5%, the figure has changed by +9.0 percentage points.
- Among the 165 countries with data for 2024, Malawi has the 16th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 8.1%.
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Extreme poverty rate
75.4%
2019 · World Bank
Cereal yield
1,878 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$5.01e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Healthy diet unaffordable
92.7%e (Estimate)
2025 · FAOSTAT
Pesticide use
0.31e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Nitrogen fertiliser use
22.4e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT