Demography and Other Social Indicators
Poverty | Malawi | Urban | Rural | ||
Poverty headcount (percent below poverty line) | 2005 | 52.4 | 25.4 | 55.9 | |
Percentage of poor | 2005 | 100 | 5.5 | 94.5 | |
Gini coefficient of consumption | 2005 | 0.39 | 0.48 | 0..34 | |
Consumption of poorest 20% of population as % of total | 2005 | 22.4 | 7.5 | 24.3 | |
Population Projections (mn) (Mid – Year Population) | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | ||
Malawi | 12.3 | 14.6 | 17.1 | ||
Births | 0.61 | 0.66 | 0.74 | ||
Deaths | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.20 | ||
Recent demographic indicators (from 2004 MDHS) | Malawi | Urban | Rural | ||
Total fertility rate (children per woman) | 2004 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 6.4 | |
Infant mortality (infant deaths per 1,000 births) | |||||
2004 | 76 | 60 | 98 | ||
Child mortality (child deaths per 1,000 births) | 2004 | 62 | 60 | 74 | |
Under 5 mortality rate (under 5 deaths per 1,000 births) | 2004 | 133 | 116 | 164 | |
Maternal mortality ratio (maternal death per 100,000 live births) | 1992 | 2000 | 2004 | ||
620 | 1120 | 984 | |||
Education | |||||
Net primary enrolnment (% school age | Malawi | Urban | Rural | ||
children attending school) | 2004 | 82 | 89 | 81 | |
Male | 2004 | 79 | 92 | 76 | |
Female | 2004 | 62 | 84 | 58 | |
Median years of school, males | 2004 | 7.3 | 5.1 | 5.6 | |
Median years of school,females | 2004 | 6.9 | 3.4 | 4.1 | |
Literacy rate | Malawi | Urban | Rural | ||
Male | 2004 | 72 | 88 | 69 | |
Female | 2004 | 49 | 75 | 44 | |
Enrolment | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||
Enrolment in Primary Schools | 000’ | 3,113 | 3,167 | 3,201 | |
Enrolment in Secondary Schools | 000’ | 131 | 180 | 184 | |
Enrolment at Universities in Malawi | N0 | 4,757 | 5,782 | 5,810 | |
Health | Malawi | Urban | Rural | ||
Last births for which the mother received | |||||
Antenatal care from a health professional (%) | 2004 | 93 | 98 | 91 | |
Tetanus toxoid injection during pregnancy (%) | 2004 | 85 | 90 | 84 | |
Medical assistance at delivery (%) | 2004 | 56 | 84 | 53 | |
% of children age 12-23 months | |||||
Fully vaccinated | 2004 | 64 | 71 | 64 | |
No vaccinations | 2004 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 3.9 | |
% of children < 5 years taken to health facility in response to recent | |||||
Acute respiratory infection (ARI) | 2004 | 19 | 11 | 20 | |
Fever | 2004 | 37 | 30 | 38 | |
Diarrhoea | 2004 | 36 | 39 | 36 | |
Water | Malawi | Urban | Rural | ||
2004 | 89 | 98 | 87 | ||
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Key: .. =Not available;bn=billion;%=percent;mm=millimetres;ha=hectares; K=Malawi Kwacha;-=zero or less than half;mn=million;km=kilometres Malawi in Figures is an annual publication of the National Statistical Office. Data sources include the Statistical Yearbook, 1998 Population Census, 1998 Integrated Household Survey, 2000 Core Welfare Indicators Questionnaire, 2000 Demographic and Health Survey and 2002 DHS EdData Survey.