Portulans Institute

Malawi

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Key Indicators
Income Group Low income
Regional Group Sub-Saharan Africa
Population (Total) 21,655,286
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 1,656

Performance Overview

ISO3

MWI

Country

Malawi

Score

32.02

Rank

108

Input

115

Output

99

Enable

37.75

Attract

43.71

Grow

20.69

Retain

31.69

VT

40.00

GA

18.31

Pillar: Enable Score: 37.75Rank: 109
SCORERANK

Regulatory Landscape

40.45 94

1. Government effectiveness

30.83115

2. Rule of law

48.4674

3. Political stability

60.0476

4. Regulatory quality

28.93112

5. Corruption

34.0084

Market Landscape

26.73 121

1. Extent of market dominance

40.4095

2. Domestic credit to private sector

0.00131

3. Cluster development

46.8866

4. R&D expenditure

n/an/a

5. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

42.33116

6. Internet access in schools

n/an/a

7. Urbanisation

4.05132

Business & Labour Landscape

46.07 75

1. Labour rights

98.3015

2. Labour-employer cooperation

55.9682

3. Professional management

61.4357

4. Relationship of pay to productivity

47.2167

5. Enterprise software

11.6099

6. Cloud computing

8.6699

7. Firms with website

39.3380
Pillar: Attract Score: 43.71Rank: 99
SCORERANK

External Openness

30.00 96

1. FDI regulatory restrictiveness

36.0687

2. Financial globalisation

36.51103

3. Migrant stock

1.51113

4. International students

n/an/a

5. Brain gain

45.9279

6. AI skills migration

n/an/a

Internal Openness

57.42 95

1. Tolerance of minorities

59.5746

2. Tolerance of immigrants

26.15121

3. Social mobility

54.0883

4. Economic empowerment of women

80.0083

5. Gender parity in high-skilled jobs

n/an/a

6. Leadership opportunities for women

67.2855
Pillar: Grow Score: 20.69Rank: 118
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Formal Education

0.00 135

1. Vocational enrolment

n/an/a

2. Tertiary enrolment

0.00130

3. Tertiary education expenditure

n/an/a

4. Reading, maths, and science

n/an/a

5. University ranking

0.0079

Lifelong Learning

31.71 85

1. Business masters education

0.0064

2. Prevalence of training in firms

38.4557

3. Employee development

56.6886

Access to Growth Opportunities

30.35 117

1. Delegation of authority

53.7880

2. Youth inclusion

60.2680

3. Use of virtual social networks

5.87130

4. Use of virtual professional networks

1.47124
Pillar: Retain Score: 31.69Rank: 116
SCORERANK

Sustainability

37.72 104

1. Pension coverage

8.12124

2. Social protection

19.13118

3. Brain retention

50.9355

4. Environmental performance

35.10117

5. Vulnerable employment

32.78109

6. Protect Against Future Disasters

38.7585

7. Household Financial Resilience

79.249

Lifestyle

25.65 126

1. Personal rights

65.8556

2. Personal safety

21.15126

3. Physician density

0.33133

4. Sanitation

39.33118

5. Employee Wellbeing / Happiness score (life ladder)

1.58131
Pillar: Vocational and Technical Skills (VT) Score: 40.00Rank: 99
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Mid-level Skills

9.50 123

1. Workforce with secondary education

13.46114

2. Population with secondary education

14.04103

3. Technicians and associate professionals

7.81114

4. Labour productivity per employee

2.70113

Employability

70.50 20

1. Ease of finding skilled employees

72.456

2. Relevance of education system to the economy

47.7261

3. Skills matching

n/an/a

4. Highly educated unemployment

91.3415
Pillar: Generalist Adaptive Skills (GA) Score: 18.31Rank: 94
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High-level Skills

21.97 89

1. Workforce with tertiary education

1.11130

2. Soft Skills

63.9730

3. Professionals

37.9639

4. Researchers

n/an/a

5. Senior officials and managers

5.64111

6. Digital skills

1.1987

7. AI talent concentration

n/an/a

Talent Impact

14.65 93

1. ICT services exports

43.2817

2. Mobile apps development

n/an/a

3. Intellectual property receipts (% of total trade)

20.7355

4. High-value exports

8.2578

5. Software development

0.42124

6. New business density

n/an/a

7. Scientific journal articles

0.59114

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