Portulans Institute

Malawi

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Key Indicators
Income Group Low income
Regional Group Africa
Population (Total) 20,405,317
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 1,588

Performance Overview

ISO3

MWI

Country

Malawi

Score

29.39

Rank

121

Technology

16.42

People

24.86

Governance

38.35

Impact

37.92

Pillar: Technology Score: 16.42 Rank: 131
SCORERANK

Access

36.20 126

1. Mobile tariffs

9.48 128

2. Handset prices

13.05 129

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

4.47 120

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

94.86 113

5. International Internet bandwidth

59.11 120

6. Internet access in schools

n/a

Content

1.15 125

1. GitHub commits

0.38 124

2. Internet domain registrations

0.11 126

3. Mobile apps development

n/a

4. AI scientific publications

2.95 77

Future technologies

11.93 130

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

13.46 124

2. Investment in emerging technologies

19.75 118

3. Robot density

n/a

4. Computer software spending

2.58 111
Pillar: People Score: 24.86 Rank: 121
SCORERANK

Individuals

21.11 119

1. Active Mobile Broadband Subscriptions Count

2.21 97

2. ICT skills in the education system

46.84 69

3. Use of virtual social networks

1.08 133

4. Tertiary enrollment

0.05 130

5. Adult literacy rate

55.37 94

6. AI talent concentration

n/a

Businesses

37.26 87

1. Firms with website

40.90 74

2. GERD financed by business enterprise

n/a

3. Knowledge intensive employment

1.57 123

4. Annual investment in telecommunication services

69.31 116

5. GERD performed by business enterprise

n/a

Governments

16.21 120

1. Government online services

29.34 120

2. Publication and use of open data

8.82 91

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

10.46 116

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

n/a
Pillar: Governance Score: 38.35 Rank: 112
SCORERANK

Trust

22.59 112

1. Secure internet servers

22.35 125

2. Cybersecurity

35.72 101

3. Online access to financial account

31.01 59

4. Internet shopping

1.29 124

Regulation

49.91 112

1. Regulatory quality

31.85 114

2. ICT regulatory environment

84.71 58

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

5.19 114

4. E-commerce legislation

66.67 87

5. Privacy protection by law content

61.16 77

Inclusion

42.53 111

1. E-Participation

36.05 90

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

56.69 91

3. Availability of local online content

16.59 129

4. Gender gap in Internet use

n/a

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

60.81 72
Pillar: Impact Score: 37.92 Rank: 114
SCORERANK

Economy

13.42 122

1. High-tech and medium-high-tech manufacturing

n/a

2. High-tech exports

4.93 87

3. PCT patent applications

0.00 99

4. Domestic market size

33.38 121

5. Prevalence of gig economy

3.49 125

6. ICT services exports

25.32 40

Quality of life

46.14 116

1. Happiness

18.66 125

2. Freedom to make life choices

61.42 92

3. Income inequality

61.56 69

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

42.93 112

SDG Contribution

54.18 97

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

32.83 113

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

n/a

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

71.68 83

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

66.26 90

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

45.96 100

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