Malawi – Network Readiness Index

Performance Overview

GDP (PPP) per capita

IS03

MWI

Country

Malawi

Score

22.9

Rank

117

Technology

12.09

People

13.57

Governance

39.08

Impact

26.86

1. Mobile tariffs	8.23	118
2. Cost of cheapest internet-enable device (% of monthly GDP per capita)	4.1	117
3. Households with internet acccess	5.12	114
4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population)	30	113
5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of totaal subscriptions)	0.77	107
6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user	50.01	115
7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose	n/a	n/a

1. Digital participation	n/a	n/a
2. Mobile apps development	0	121
3. Receipts for the use of intellectual property	n/a	n/a

1. Availability of latest technologies	20.21	115
2. Company investment in emerging technology	13	108
3. Government procurement of advanced technology products	24.81	103
4. ICT PCT patent applications per million population	n/a	n/a
5. Total computer software spending (% of GDP)	0	97
6. Robot density	n/a	n/a

1. Medium and high-tech industry	14.23	95
2. High-tech exports	21.8	40
3. PCT patent applications	n/a	n/a
4. Labour productivity per employee	0	108

1. Happiness	5.77	120
2. Freedom to make life choices	62.6	72
3. Income inequality	48.16	89
4. Healthy life expectancy at birth	26.74	109

1. Access to basic services	31.06	114
2. Pollution	81.48	73
3. Road safety	11.56	116
4. Reading proficiency in schools	21.39	69
5. Maths proficiency in schools	50.98	42
5. Use of clean fuels and technology	0	111

1. Internet users	4.43	118
2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions	8.69	112
3. Use of virtual social networks	0	121
5. Tertiary enrolment	0	115
5. Adult literacy rate	41.35	89
6. ICT skills	n/a	n/a

1. Firms with website	34.14	75
2. Internet shopping	2.93	108
3. Professionals	5.71	108
4. Technicians and associate professionals	0	116
5. Extent of staff training	30.57	89
6. R&D expenditure by businesses	n/a	n/a

1. Government online services	17.69	115
2. Publication and use of open data	10.51	88
3.ICT use and government efficiency	17.21	104
4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education	n/a	n/a

1. Rule of law	44.66	82
2. Software piracy rate	n/a	n/a
3. Secure Internet servers	23.06	115
4. Cybersecurity	28.07	100
5. Online trust and safety	66.97	43

1. Regulatory quality	36.64	105
2. Ease of doing business	54.31	93
3. Legal framework's adaptability to digital business models	24.43	104
4. E-commerce legislation	100	1
5. Social safety net protection	21.21	105
6. ICT regulatory environment	88.03	45

1. E-Participation	9.55	115
2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments	39.05	104
3. Availability of local online content	0	115
4. Gender gap in internet use	0	85
5. Rural gap in use of digital payments	63.63	71