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Malawi

Country Code: 454 | ISO2 Code: MW | ISO3 Code: MWI

Malawi is a landlocked south-east African country bordered by Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique, and has a land mass of 94,280kmĀ².

Lake Malawi is the ninth-largest freshwater lake on earth at 580km long and about 75km wide at its widest point.

Malawi has a population of 19.89 million (2021) and GDP of US$12.63bn (2021).

It is widely regarded as the most tobacco-dependent country in the world and its tobacco industry is the country's second-largest employer, with more than 350,000 farmers and their families dependent on this industry. Tobacco is the main cash crop, contributing 60% to foreign exchange reserves and 15% to GDP. But annual tobacco revenues have declined by 24%, resulting in farmers starting to grow other crops. Japan Tobacco International is one of Malawi's largest tobacco buyers and has invested US$450m in the country, contracting 11,000 tobacco growers.

Malawi continues to rely on subsistence, rainfed agriculture, which limits its growth potential, increases its susceptibility to weather shocks, and creates food insecurity. The African Development Bank says that due to the high dependence on rainfed agriculture, weather-related shocks are key risks to export commodities such as tea, tobacco, and other products.


Trade policies, an unpredictable business environment and erratic electricity supply continue to impede investment and commercialisation.

According to the International Monetary Fund, Malawi's economy will remain saddled with high inflation, which was 27% in April 2023, exchange rate instability (following a 25% currency devaluation in May 2022) and slowing growth. The government is attempting to restructure its debt and secure an extended credit facility programme with the IMF. The World Bank forecast the debt to GDP ratio was reaching 76.6% at the end of 2022 from 64% in 2021 and 54% in 2020.

At least half the population lives below the poverty line and the country is wracked by food insecurity and power cuts, with Reuters saying it is among the world's poorest countries, reliant on donor funding and tobacco and tea exports.


Sources: Who Owns Whom sector reports, CIA Factbook, African Development Bank, World Bank, Trading Economics, African Statistical Yearbook and IMF.

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Airtel Malawi PLC Malawi Stock Exchange 2019-12-16 AIRTEL Malawi Active
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ICON Properties PLC Malawi Stock Exchange 2019-01-21 ICON Malawi Active
Illovo Sugar (Malawi) PLC Malawi Stock Exchange 1997-11-10 SUCOMA Malawi Active
MPICO PLC Malawi Stock Exchange 2007-11-12 MPICO Malawi Active
National Bank of Malawi PLC Malawi Stock Exchange 2000-08-21 NBM Malawi Active
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NICO Holdings Ltd Malawi Stock Exchange 1996-11-11 NICO Malawi Active
Press Corporation PLC Malawi Stock Exchange 1998-09-00 PCL Malawi Active
Standard Bank PLC Malawi Stock Exchange 1998-06-29 SBL Malawi Active
Sunbird Tourism PLC Malawi Stock Exchange 2002-08-22 STL Malawi Active
Telekom Networks Malawi PLC Malawi Stock Exchange 2008-11-03 TNM Malawi Active
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