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Malawi vs Mozambique

112 shared metrics.

MalawiLeads in 45

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MozambiqueLeads in 67

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Malawi

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Malawi.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Lake Malawi is estimated to hold the largest number of fish species of any lake.

UNESCO

Mozambique

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Mozambique.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: named for an offshore island.

CIA 2026

Analysis

Mozambique leads in 67 of 112 shared metrics, while Malawi leads in 45.

Malawi's Capital Elevation is 32.9x that of Mozambique (1.1K m vs 31 m).

Malawi's Inflation Rate is 6.8x that of Mozambique (32.2% vs 4.1%).

Malawi's Water Stress (%) is 4.7x that of Mozambique (8.4% vs 1.5%).

Malawi's Population Density is 4.2x that of Mozambique (223.85 /km² vs 42.77 /km²).

Malawi's Official Languages Count is 2.0x that of Mozambique (3.0 vs 1.0).

Key Comparisons

Capital ElevationMalawi leads

Malawi

1.1K m

Mozambique

31 m

Inflation RateMalawi leads

Malawi

32.2%

Mozambique

4.1%

Water Stress (%)Malawi leads

Malawi

8.4%

Mozambique

1.5%

Population DensityMalawi leads

Malawi

223.85 /km²

Mozambique

42.77 /km²

Official Languages CountMalawi leads

Malawi

3.0

Mozambique

1.0

Liberal Democracy IndexMalawi leads

Malawi

0.46

Mozambique

0.17

All Metrics

Capital Elevation

Malawi

1.1K m

Mozambique

31 m

3287% higher

Inflation Rate

Malawi

32.2%

Mozambique

4.1%

685% higher

Water Stress (%)

Malawi

8.4%

Mozambique

1.5%

472% higher

Population Density

Malawi

223.85 /km²

Mozambique

42.77 /km²

423% higher

Official Languages Count

Malawi

3.0

Mozambique

1.0

200% higher

Liberal Democracy Index

Malawi

0.46

Mozambique

0.17

164% higher

Meat Consumption per Person

Malawi

20.34 kg/person/yr

Mozambique

9.4 kg/person/yr

117% higher

Electoral Democracy Index

Malawi

0.56

Mozambique

0.28

100% higher

Air Passengers

Mozambique

Malawi

3.5K

Mozambique

680.1K

99% lower

Forest Area

Mozambique

Malawi

21.2K km²

Mozambique

360.3K km²

94% lower

Beer Consumption

Mozambique

Malawi

0.10 L/person/yr

Mozambique

1.1 L/person/yr

91% lower

Alcohol Consumption

Malawi

3.6 L/adult/yr

Mozambique

1.9 L/adult/yr

91% higher

Electricity Generation

Mozambique

Malawi

1.8 TWh

Mozambique

19.56 TWh

91% lower

Credit Card Ownership

Mozambique

Malawi

0.45% of adults

Mozambique

4.7% of adults

90% lower

Land Area

Mozambique

Malawi

94.3K km²

Mozambique

786.4K km²

88% lower

Scientific Publications

Malawi

361.73

Mozambique

194.32

86% higher

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Mozambique

Malawi

2.3% of GDP

Mozambique

15.43% of GDP

85% lower

Railway Length

Mozambique

Malawi

767 km

Mozambique

4.8K km

84% lower

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Malawi

18 days/yr

Mozambique

10 days/yr

80% higher

Exports (% GDP)

Mozambique

Malawi

11.24% of GDP

Mozambique

42.84% of GDP

74% lower

Comparison of Malawi and Mozambique across 112 metrics
				Winner
Capital Elevation	1.1K m	31 m	3287% higher	Malawi
Inflation Rate	32.2%	4.1%	685% higher	Malawi
Water Stress (%)	8.4%	1.5%	472% higher	Malawi
Population Density	223.85 /km²	42.77 /km²	423% higher	Malawi
Official Languages Count	3.0	1.0	200% higher	Malawi
Liberal Democracy Index	0.46	0.17	164% higher	Malawi
Meat Consumption per Person	20.34 kg/person/yr	9.4 kg/person/yr	117% higher	Malawi
Electoral Democracy Index	0.56	0.28	100% higher	Malawi
Air Passengers	3.5K	680.1K	99% lower	Mozambique
Forest Area	21.2K km²	360.3K km²	94% lower	Mozambique
Beer Consumption	0.10 L/person/yr	1.1 L/person/yr	91% lower	Mozambique
Alcohol Consumption	3.6 L/adult/yr	1.9 L/adult/yr	91% higher	Malawi
Electricity Generation	1.8 TWh	19.56 TWh	91% lower	Mozambique
Credit Card Ownership	0.45% of adults	4.7% of adults	90% lower	Mozambique
Land Area	94.3K km²	786.4K km²	88% lower	Mozambique
Scientific Publications	361.73	194.32	86% higher	Malawi
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	2.3% of GDP	15.43% of GDP	85% lower	Mozambique
Railway Length	767 km	4.8K km	84% lower	Mozambique
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	18 days/yr	10 days/yr	80% higher	Malawi
Exports (% GDP)	11.24% of GDP	42.84% of GDP	74% lower	Mozambique
Electric Generating Capacity	731.0K kW	2.86M kW	74% lower	Mozambique
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.05 per 1k	0.18 per 1k	72% lower	Mozambique
Airports	27	93	71% lower	Mozambique
Tourism Revenue	$35,000,000	$113,000,000	69% lower	Mozambique
Milk Consumption per Person	8.0 kg/person/yr	4.8 kg/person/yr	67% higher	Malawi
CO2 Per Capita	0.09 t/person/yr	0.25 t/person/yr	65% lower	Mozambique
Women in Senior Management	47.74% of managers	29.08% of managers	64% higher	Malawi
Insufficient Physical Activity	3.4% of adults	9.7% of adults	64% lower	Mozambique
Corruption Perceptions Index	34 pts	21 pts	62% higher	Malawi
Death Rate	3.6 per 1k	9.3 per 1k	62% lower	Mozambique
Electricity Carbon Intensity	54.65 gCO2/kWh	129.36 gCO2/kWh	58% lower	Mozambique
Electricity Access (%)	15.6%	36%	57% lower	Mozambique
High-Tech Exports (%)	1.6%	3.6%	55% lower	Mozambique
Education Spending (% GDP)	2.7% of GDP	6.0% of GDP	54% lower	Mozambique
Urban Population (%)	17.27%	36.43%	53% lower	Mozambique
Total CO2 Emissions	4.8 Mt CO2e	10.11 Mt CO2e	53% lower	Mozambique
Firms Hit by Power Outages	89.12% of firms	58.78% of firms	52% higher	Malawi
Forest Coverage (%)	22.44%	45.81%	51% lower	Mozambique
GDP (Nominal)	$11,316,411,329.46	$22,745,341,305.06	50% lower	Mozambique
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	3.0 sites	2.0 sites	50% higher	Malawi
Border Neighbors	3.0	6.0	50% lower	Mozambique
Military Spending	1.0% of GDP	2.0% of GDP	49% lower	Mozambique
Women in Parliament (%)	20.73%	39.2%	47% lower	Mozambique
Freedom of Expression Index	0.75	0.52	46% higher	Malawi
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	4.3 per 100k	7.7 per 100k	43% lower	Mozambique
Unemployment Rate	5.0%	3.5%	43% higher	Malawi
Imports (% GDP)	31.19% of GDP	52.82% of GDP	41% lower	Mozambique
Firms Making Informal Payments	15.94% of firms	26.88% of firms	41% lower	Mozambique
Youth Unemployment Rate	6.9% of youth labor force	11.61% of youth labor force	40% lower	Mozambique
Land Border Length	2.9K km	4.8K km	40% lower	Mozambique
Child Mortality	38.3 per 1k births	61.7 per 1k births	38% lower	Mozambique
Solar Electricity Share	0.55%	0.40%	38% higher	Malawi
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	69 per 100 people	50 per 100 people	38% higher	Malawi
Life Evaluation Score	3.3 pts	5.3 pts	38% lower	Mozambique
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	13.5% of GDP	21.85% of GDP	38% lower	Mozambique
Irrigated Land	740 km²	1.2K km²	37% lower	Mozambique
Firms with Female Top Manager	13.51% of firms	21.32% of firms	37% lower	Mozambique
Population	21.76M	34.21M	36% lower	Mozambique
Armed Forces Personnel	15.0K	11.0K	36% higher	Malawi
Infant Mortality	29.4 per 1k births	45.4 per 1k births	35% lower	Mozambique
Safe Drinking Water (%)	18.18%	27.54%	34% lower	Mozambique
Suicide Rate	7.6 per 100k	10.61 per 100k	29% lower	Mozambique
Sanitation Access (%)	49.23%	38.59%	28% higher	Malawi
Obesity Rate	6.4%	8.8%	27% lower	Mozambique
Fertility Rate	3.3 children/woman	4.6 children/woman	27% lower	Mozambique
Teen Birth Rate	113.58 per 1k	153.45 per 1k	26% lower	Mozambique
Hypertension Prevalence	30.3% of adults	40.7% of adults	26% lower	Mozambique
Seafood Consumption per Person	10.01 kg/person/yr	13.46 kg/person/yr	26% lower	Mozambique
Health Spending (% GDP)	6.5% of GDP	8.8% of GDP	26% lower	Mozambique
Average Weekly Work Hours	28.03 hrs/week	37.23 hrs/week	25% lower	Mozambique
Spirits Consumption	0.24 L/person/yr	0.19 L/person/yr	24% higher	Malawi
Tobacco Use Prevalence	8.5% of adults	11% of adults	23% lower	Mozambique
Government Debt (% GDP)	55.6% of GDP	71.79% of GDP	23% lower	Mozambique
Highest Elevation	3.0K m	2.4K m	23% higher	Malawi
Agricultural Land (%)	64.17%	52.79%	22% higher	Malawi
Protected Land (%)	23.1%	29.5%	22% lower	Mozambique
Birth Rate	28.04 per 1k	36.07 per 1k	22% lower	Mozambique
GDP Growth Rate	1.7%	2.1%	22% lower	Mozambique
Health Spending Per Capita	$39.66	$49.47	20% lower	Mozambique
Renewable Energy (%)	62.9%	76.9%	18% lower	Mozambique
Firms Asked for Bribes	26.03% of firms	22.1% of firms	18% higher	Malawi
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	23.7 µg/m³	20.08 µg/m³	18% higher	Malawi
Dependency Ratio	76.34% of working-age pop.	89.51% of working-age pop.	15% lower	Mozambique
Adult Literacy Rate	70.15%	61.68%	14% higher	Malawi
Political Corruption Index	0.63	0.69	10% lower	Mozambique
Internet Users (%)	18%	20%	10% lower	Mozambique
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$1,857.62	$1,705.38	9% higher	Malawi
Median Age	17.6 years	16.3 years	8% higher	Malawi
Water Withdrawal	1.4 B m³	1.5 B m³	8% lower	Mozambique
Youth Population (%)	40.71%	44.48%	8% lower	Mozambique
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.01 per 100k people	0.01 per 100k people	7% lower	Mozambique
Life Expectancy	67.4 years	63.6 years	6% higher	Malawi
Elderly Population (%)	2.6%	2.8%	6% lower	Mozambique
Human Development Index	0.52	0.49	5% higher	Malawi
Can Raise Emergency Money	95.15% of adults	90.21% of adults	5% higher	Malawi
Women's Political Empowerment	0.76	0.72	4% higher	Malawi
GNI Per Capita	$570	$550	4% higher	Malawi
Mobile Money Accounts	47.4% of adults	45.72% of adults	4% higher	Malawi
Digital Payments Used	48.86% of adults	50.51% of adults	3% lower	Mozambique
Informal Employment Share	92.65% of employed people	95.51% of employed people	3% lower	Mozambique
Nurses & Midwives	0.50 per 1k	0.51 per 1k	2% lower	Mozambique
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Malawi
Coastline Length	0 km	2.5K km	ranked lower	Mozambique
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Malawi
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Malawi
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	202 per 100 people	equal	Malawi
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Malawi
Lowest Elevation	37 m	0 m	ranked higher	Malawi
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-16.5% of GDP	-14.2% of GDP	ranked lower	Mozambique
Road Traffic Death Rate	20.2 per 100k	20.1 per 100k	equal	Malawi
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Malawi
Food Waste per Person	132.84 kg/person/yr	132.82 kg/person/yr	equal	Malawi

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Analysis

Mozambique leads in 67 of 112 shared metrics, while Malawi leads in 45.

Malawi's Capital Elevation is 32.9x that of Mozambique (1.1K m vs 31 m).

Malawi's Inflation Rate is 6.8x that of Mozambique (32.2% vs 4.1%).

Malawi's Water Stress (%) is 4.7x that of Mozambique (8.4% vs 1.5%).

Malawi's Population Density is 4.2x that of Mozambique (223.85 /km² vs 42.77 /km²).

Malawi's Official Languages Count is 2.0x that of Mozambique (3.0 vs 1.0).

Key Comparisons

Capital ElevationMalawi leads

Malawi

1.1K m

Mozambique

31 m

Inflation RateMalawi leads

Malawi

32.2%

Mozambique

4.1%

Water Stress (%)Malawi leads

Malawi

8.4%

Mozambique

1.5%

Population DensityMalawi leads

Malawi

223.85 /km²

Mozambique

42.77 /km²

Official Languages CountMalawi leads

Malawi

3.0

Mozambique

1.0

Liberal Democracy IndexMalawi leads

Malawi

0.46

Mozambique

0.17

Capital Elevation

1.1K m

31 m

Inflation Rate

32.2%

4.1%

Water Stress (%)

8.4%

1.5%

Population Density

223.85 /km²

42.77 /km²

Official Languages Count

3.0

1.0

Liberal Democracy Index

0.46

0.17

Meat Consumption per Person

20.34 kg/person/yr

9.4 kg/person/yr

Electoral Democracy Index

0.56

0.28

Air Passengers

3.5K

680.1K

Forest Area

21.2K km²

360.3K km²

Beer Consumption

0.10 L/person/yr

1.1 L/person/yr

Alcohol Consumption

3.6 L/adult/yr

1.9 L/adult/yr

Electricity Generation

1.8 TWh

19.56 TWh

Credit Card Ownership

0.45% of adults

4.7% of adults

Land Area

94.3K km²

786.4K km²

Scientific Publications

361.73

194.32

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

2.3% of GDP

15.43% of GDP

Railway Length

767 km

4.8K km

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

18 days/yr

10 days/yr

Exports (% GDP)

11.24% of GDP

42.84% of GDP

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Capital Elevation

Inflation Rate

Water Stress (%)

Population Density

Official Languages Count

Liberal Democracy Index

Meat Consumption per Person

Electoral Democracy Index

Air Passengers

Forest Area

Beer Consumption

Alcohol Consumption

Electricity Generation

Credit Card Ownership

Land Area

Scientific Publications

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Railway Length

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Exports (% GDP)

Electric Generating Capacity

Doctors (per 1,000)

Airports

Tourism Revenue

Milk Consumption per Person

CO2 Per Capita

Women in Senior Management

Insufficient Physical Activity

Corruption Perceptions Index

Death Rate

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Electricity Access (%)

High-Tech Exports (%)

Education Spending (% GDP)

Urban Population (%)

Total CO2 Emissions

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Forest Coverage (%)

GDP (Nominal)

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Border Neighbors

Military Spending

Women in Parliament (%)

Freedom of Expression Index

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Unemployment Rate

Imports (% GDP)

Firms Making Informal Payments

Youth Unemployment Rate

Land Border Length

Child Mortality

Solar Electricity Share

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Life Evaluation Score

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Irrigated Land

Firms with Female Top Manager

Population

Armed Forces Personnel

Infant Mortality

Safe Drinking Water (%)

Suicide Rate

Sanitation Access (%)

Obesity Rate

Fertility Rate

Teen Birth Rate

Hypertension Prevalence

Seafood Consumption per Person

Health Spending (% GDP)

Average Weekly Work Hours

Spirits Consumption

Tobacco Use Prevalence