Subnational HDI (v8.1)

Human Development
Subnational HDI
Subnational regions
Malawi
All years

Subnational HDI

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Malawi (Africa)  
Total 0.299 0.303 0.310 0.316 0.317 0.362 0.365 0.367 0.369 0.376 0.378 0.386 0.394 0.402 0.410 0.417 0.426 0.433 0.442 0.452 0.461 0.469 0.476 0.484 0.493 0.498 0.501 0.506 0.509 0.514 0.512 0.509 0.508
Blantyre 0.362 0.367 0.375 0.381 0.382 0.429 0.431 0.433 0.434 0.443 0.446 0.449 0.451 0.452 0.454 0.467 0.481 0.493 0.507 0.522 0.537 0.543 0.549 0.556 0.563 0.566 0.567 0.572 0.575 0.581 0.578 0.575 0.574
Kasungu 0.310 0.314 0.321 0.327 0.328 0.373 0.376 0.378 0.380 0.388 0.390 0.393 0.396 0.399 0.401 0.411 0.423 0.432 0.443 0.456 0.468 0.477 0.485 0.494 0.504 0.509 0.513 0.522 0.528 0.537 0.539 0.535 0.534
Lilongwe 0.283 0.287 0.293 0.303 0.308 0.354 0.360 0.366 0.371 0.382 0.387 0.398 0.409 0.419 0.430 0.435 0.441 0.445 0.450 0.457 0.463 0.474 0.484 0.495 0.506 0.514 0.520 0.522 0.523 0.526 0.522 0.519 0.517
Machinga 0.272 0.275 0.283 0.289 0.290 0.335 0.337 0.339 0.342 0.349 0.350 0.361 0.372 0.383 0.393 0.399 0.407 0.413 0.420 0.429 0.438 0.443 0.447 0.452 0.458 0.460 0.461 0.470 0.477 0.486 0.488 0.485 0.484
Mangochi 0.242 0.245 0.251 0.261 0.267 0.312 0.319 0.325 0.331 0.341 0.345 0.350 0.355 0.360 0.364 0.371 0.380 0.387 0.395 0.405 0.414 0.423 0.432 0.441 0.451 0.457 0.462 0.464 0.464 0.467 0.462 0.459 0.458
Mulanje 0.282 0.286 0.293 0.299 0.301 0.346 0.348 0.350 0.352 0.359 0.360 0.366 0.371 0.376 0.381 0.391 0.401 0.409 0.420 0.431 0.442 0.449 0.455 0.463 0.471 0.475 0.478 0.487 0.495 0.506 0.508 0.505 0.504
Mzimba 0.353 0.358 0.366 0.369 0.365 0.410 0.408 0.406 0.404 0.409 0.407 0.421 0.435 0.448 0.462 0.464 0.468 0.469 0.473 0.477 0.481 0.493 0.504 0.516 0.529 0.538 0.545 0.548 0.549 0.553 0.548 0.545 0.544
Other central (Nkhota Kota, Mchinji, Dowa, Ntchisi, Dedza, Ntcheu) 0.292 0.297 0.304 0.309 0.309 0.353 0.355 0.356 0.357 0.364 0.365 0.370 0.376 0.381 0.387 0.395 0.404 0.411 0.421 0.431 0.441 0.448 0.453 0.460 0.468 0.471 0.474 0.480 0.483 0.490 0.489 0.486 0.485
Other northern (Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay) 0.347 0.352 0.360 0.365 0.365 0.413 0.413 0.414 0.414 0.421 0.421 0.428 0.436 0.443 0.450 0.460 0.470 0.478 0.489 0.500 0.511 0.517 0.522 0.528 0.535 0.537 0.539 0.545 0.549 0.556 0.555 0.552 0.551
Other southern (Balaka, Mwanza, Phalombe, Chiradzulu, Chikwawa, Nsanje, neno) 0.290 0.294 0.301 0.306 0.305 0.349 0.350 0.350 0.351 0.357 0.357 0.367 0.377 0.386 0.396 0.403 0.411 0.418 0.426 0.436 0.445 0.452 0.459 0.467 0.476 0.480 0.484 0.489 0.493 0.500 0.499 0.496 0.495
Salima 0.285 0.289 0.296 0.301 0.300 0.342 0.343 0.343 0.343 0.348 0.349 0.357 0.366 0.375 0.383 0.392 0.401 0.409 0.419 0.430 0.440 0.445 0.449 0.454 0.459 0.460 0.461 0.469 0.475 0.483 0.485 0.482 0.481
Thyolo 0.280 0.284 0.290 0.296 0.297 0.338 0.341 0.344 0.346 0.354 0.355 0.363 0.372 0.380 0.388 0.399 0.411 0.421 0.433 0.447 0.459 0.467 0.473 0.481 0.489 0.493 0.496 0.494 0.491 0.491 0.483 0.480 0.479
Zomba 0.305 0.309 0.317 0.320 0.319 0.362 0.362 0.362 0.362 0.367 0.366 0.381 0.397 0.413 0.428 0.435 0.443 0.449 0.457 0.466 0.474 0.483 0.490 0.499 0.508 0.512 0.516 0.519 0.520 0.524 0.520 0.517 0.516