Sworn Score
Country profile
Malawi
Africa · Capital: Lilongwe
Score 49.1 ± 5 · Rank #127 of scored countries in 1995.
Based on 95/123 indicators, avg data age 0.7 years.
Category breakdown
How Malawi scores across the 7 dimensions
Weight-normalized averages over the indicators that have data. Categories below 70% coverage of their own indicators are suppressed.
Health
27.3
Economy
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Governance
100.0
Education
37.5
Infrastructure
0.0
Environment
72.0
Rights
53.5
Promises
Latest promise updates
2 achieved · 1 on track · 15 failing
History
Malawi — Sworn Score over time
Each year is a snapshot using that year's methodology (trimmed-bounds over the trailing 5-year value pool). Click a column header to sort.
Change since 1987: +0.8 points
| Year | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37.4 | 161 |
| 2025 | 37.4 | 162 |
| 2024 | 37.5 | 161 |
| 2023 | 37.1 | 162 |
| 2022 | 38.2 | 159 |
| 2021 | 39.5 | 156 |
| 2020 | 39.1 | 152 |
| 2019 | 39.5 | 155 |
| 2018 | 39.6 | 154 |
| 2017 | 40.3 | 150 |
| 2016 | 39.4 | 150 |
| 2015 | 40.0 | 149 |
| 2014 | 39.4 | 151 |
| 2013 | 40.0 | 148 |
| 2012 | 40.1 | 147 |
| 2011 | 41.6 | 143 |
| 2010 | 40.6 | 145 |
| 2009 | 41.2 | 147 |
| 2008 | 41.3 | 143 |
| 2007 | 41.4 | 143 |
| 2006 | 40.7 | 145 |
| 2005 | 40.1 | 146 |
| 2004 | 40.5 | 141 |
| 2003 | 39.2 | 144 |
| 2002 | 43.1 | 131 |
| 2001 | 43.5 | 129 |
| 2000 | 43.9 | 129 |
| 1999 | 46.6 | 121 |
| 1998 | 48.2 | 118 |
| 1997 | 40.9 | 131 |
| 1996 | 40.1 | 137 |
| 1995 | 49.1 | 127 |
| 1994 | 46.5 | 134 |
| 1993 | 45.4 | 134 |
| 1992 | 44.5 | 128 |
| 1991 | 51.5 | 91 |
| 1990 | 50.5 | 93 |
| 1989 | 36.8 | 108 |
| 1988 | 37.4 | 103 |
| 1987 | 36.7 | 102 |
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