Selected indicators from the Integrated Household Survey (IHS)
Malawi | Northern region | Central region | Southern region | Rural | Urban | |
Population percentage | 100 | 12.9 | 49.4 | 47.8 | 11.1 | 88.9 |
Male | 48.9 | 51.1 | 49.4 | 47.8 | 48.6 | 50.8 |
Female | 51.1 | 48.9 | 50.6 | 52.2 | 51.4 | 49.2 |
Mean household size | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
Mean dependency ratio | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
Proportions of households headed by male and female | ||||||
Male | 76 | 81.6 | 80.1 | 71.6 | 75.1 | 83.2 |
Female | 24 | 18.4 | 19.9 | 28.4 | 24.9 | 16.8 |
Net primary enrollment rate (children enrolled as a percentage of all children 5-13) | 77.6 | 86.7 | 76.5 | 76.4 | 77 | 83.4 |
Male | 77 | 86 | 75.4 | 75.9 | 76 | 84.6 |
Female | 78.5 | 87.4 | 77.7 | 76.9 | 78 | 82.2 |
Mean distance to school (km) | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
Mean travelling time to school (minutes) | 26.8 | 30.7 | 26.3 | 26.1 | 27.5 | 23 |
Percentage of population aged over 5 years ever attended school | 76.3 | 89.2 | 75.5 | 73.5 | 74.2 | 92 |
Percentage of population completing school stages aged over 5 years who ever attended school | ||||||
Primary | 87.1 | 81.7 | 88.7 | 87.6 | 91.6 | 59.2 |
Secondary | 11.5 | 17 | 9.8 | 11.1 | 7.9 | 34 |
Tertiary | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 4.2 |
Other or not known | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2.6 |
Literacy rates among those aged over 5 (literacy defined as those who can read or write a letter in English or Chichewa) | 73.9 | 88.2 | 74.7 | 69.8 | 71.8 | 91.1 |
Male (5-17 age group) | 83.9 | 91 | 81.8 | 83.5 | 82.9 | 92.7 |
Female (5-17 age group) | 84.2 | 93 | 83.1 | 82.9 | 83.3 | 91.6 |
Male (18-64 age group) | 79.6 | 92.9 | 81.7 | 74 | 77.3 | 93.7 |
Female (18-64 age group) | 58.5 | 80.8 | 61.1 | 51.2 | 54.8 | 87.7 |
Male (65 + age group) | 57.7 | 74.5 | 62.8 | 49.3 | 57.1 | 73.3 |
Female (65+ age group) | 24.3 | 39 | 24.9 | 21.8 | 23.1 | 55.2 |
Type of school attended, percentage of over five population | ||||||
Government | 85.2 | 76.8 | 87.9 | 85.6 | 86.7 | 76.9 |
Private | 2.7 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 12.4 |
Mission | 11.5 | 18.6 | 9.1 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 9.2 |
Other | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
Incidence of illness or injury | ||||||
Male | 24.6 | 24.2 | 26.1 | 22.8 | 26.2 | 14.6 |
Female | 28.1 | 25.7 | 29.2 | 26.6 | 29.4 | 18.7 |
Mean household current expenditure (annual) | ||||||
percapita household food expenditure | 3029.49 | 3939.03 | 3153.36 | 2590.94 | 2649.45 | 5035 |
percapita household non food expenditure | 1787.72 | 1545.39 | 1669.2 | 1980.43 | 761.3 | 7203 |
percapita household current expenditure | 4817.21 | 5484.39 | 4820.56 | 4571.37 | 3410.76 | 12238 |
Proportions of value of food and cash crop production to total production | ||||||
food crops | 80.6 | 82.7 | 73 | 88.7 | 80.1 | 96.1 |
cash crops | 19.4 | 17.3 | 27 | 11.3 | 19.9 | 3.9 |
Percentage Distribution of Income by source | ||||||
net crop production | 32.3 | 7.7 | 42.7 | 32 | 38.1 | 1.7 |
net livestock sales & products | 4.9 | 4 | 3.3 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 0.5 |
net nonfarm income | 16.3 | 11.6 | 15.6 | 18.7 | 15.5 | 20.6 |
salaries and wages | 25.5 | 28.6 | 21 | 28.4 | 17.3 | 68.8 |
Inkind income | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 0.9 |
Rents & income | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 3 |
Transfer income | 12.8 | 35.4 | 7.7 | 9 | 15.2 | 0.1 |
Other Income | 4.9 | 10.1 | 6.5 | 1.7 | 5 | 4.4 |
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