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|
Description |
HDR 2006 |
|
HDR 2005 |
|
|
Population in millions (2004) |
12.6 |
|
12.3 |
|
|
Annual population growth rate (2004) |
2.2% |
– |
2.2% |
|
|
Population below 15 years as % of total (2004) |
47.3% |
|
47.1% |
|
|
Population ages 65 and older as % of total (2004) |
3.0% |
|
2.4% |
|
|
Life expectancy at birth in years (2000 - 2005) |
39.6 yrs |
– |
|
|
|
Urban population as % of total (2004) |
16.7% |
|
16.3% |
|
|
Adult literacy rate as % ages 15 and older (2004) |
64.1% |
– |
|
|
|
GDP US$ in billion (2004) |
US$ 1.9 |
|
US$ 1.7 |
|
|
GDP PPP US$ in billions (2004) |
8.1 |
|
6.6 |
|
|
GDP per capita in PPP US$ (2004) |
$ 646 |
|
US$ 605 |
|
|
GDP in US$ (2004) |
$ 149 |
|
US$ 156 |
|
|
Annual growth rate (1990 – 2004) |
0.9% |
– |
|
|
|
Imports of goods and services as % of GDP (2004) |
49% |
|
41% |
|
|
Exports of goods and services as % of GDP (2004) |
27% |
– |
27% |
MDG |
1 |
Population living below $1 a day (1990 – 2004) |
41.7% |
– |
|
MDG |
1 |
Population living below $2 a day (1990 – 2004) |
76.1% |
– |
|
MDG |
1 |
Population living below national poverty line |
65.3% |
– |
|
MDG |
1 |
Population undernourished as % of total (2001/2003) |
34% |
|
33% |
MDG |
2 |
Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary schools (%) (2004) |
64% |
|
72% |
MDG |
2 |
Youth literacy rate as % ages 15 – 24 years (2004) |
76.0% |
|
76.3% |
MDG |
2 |
Net primary enrolment ratio % (2004) |
95% |
|
* |
MDG |
2 |
Children reaching grade 5 as % of grade 1 students (2003) |
44% |
– |
|
MDG |
2 |
Net secondary enrolment ratio % (2004) |
25% |
|
29% |
MDG |
2 |
Public Expenditure on Education as % of GDP (2002 – 2004) |
6.0% |
– |
|
MDG |
3 |
Life Expectancy at birth in years (2004) |
Female |
39.6 yrs |
– |
|
Male |
40 yrs |
|
39.8 yrs |
MDG |
3 |
Adult literacy rate as % of ages 15 and older (2004) |
Female |
54.0% |
– |
|
Male |
74.9% |
– |
|
MDG |
3 |
Combined gross enrolment ration for primary, secondary and tertiary schools (2004) |
Female |
64 % |
|
69% |
Male |
65% |
|
75% |
MDG |
3 |
Seats in parliament held by women as % of total |
Female |
13.6% |
|
14% |
MDG |
4 |
Infant mortality rate, per 1,000 live births (2004) |
175 |
|
112 |
MDG |
4 |
One year olds full immunized - Against Measles (2004) |
80% |
|
77% |
MDG |
4 |
Children under weight for age as % under age 5 (1996 – 2004) |
22% |
– |
|
MDG |
4/5/6 |
Public Expenditure on Health % of GDP (2003) |
3.3% |
|
4.0% |
MDG |
4/5/6 |
Physicians, per 100,000 people (1990 – 2004) |
2 |
|
1 |
MDG |
4/7 |
Children with diarrhoea receiving oral rehydration and continued feeding as % of under age 5 (1996 – 2004) |
51% |
– |
|
MDG |
4/6 |
One year olds fully immunised – Against Tuberculosis (2004) |
97% |
|
91 |
MDG |
4/6 |
Tuberculosis prevalence, per 100,000 people (2004) |
501 |
|
469 |
MDG |
5 |
Maternal mortality ration, per 100,000 live births (reported 1990 – 2004) |
1,100 |
– |
|
MDG |
5 |
Maternal mortality ration, per 100,000 live births (adjusted by UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA 2000) |
1,800 |
– |
|
MDG |
5 |
Fertility Rate - births per woman (2000 – 2005) |
6.1 |
– |
|
MDG |
5 |
Births attended by skilled health personnel (1996 – 2004) |
61% |
– |
|
MDG |
6 |
HIV prevalence as % ages 15 – 49 (2005) |
14.1% |
|
14.2% |
MDG |
6 |
Children under age 5 – Using insecticide treated bednets (1999 – 2004) |
36% |
|
3% |
MDG |
6 |
Children under age 5 – With fever treated with antimalarial drugs (1999 – 2004) |
19% |
|
27% |
MDG |
7 |
Population with sustainable access to improved sanitation (2004) |
61% |
|
46% |
MDG |
7 |
Population with sustainable access to improved water source (2004) |
73% |
|
67% |
Malawi and the MDGs
