Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Malawi
Malawi: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 78.9% in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Malawi, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 78.9% for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 224.7% over five years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Malawi peaked at 78.9% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2009.
That places Malawi 160th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Malawi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0.0% | — |
| 2010 | 0.0% | — |
| 2011 | 0.0% | — |
| 2012 | 0.0% | — |
| 2013 | 7.8% | — |
| 2014 | 24.3% | +211.7% |
| 2015 | 42.0% | +72.8% |
| 2016 | 66.8% | +59.1% |
| 2017 | 71.1% | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 75.0% | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 78.9% | +5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 36.6% | 0.0% | 78.9% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More private sector data for Malawi
- Merchandise trade 30.9% (2025)
- Food imports 11.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 68.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.66 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 90.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 8.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 947.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 42.63 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0635 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -1.15 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Malawi?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Malawi was 78.9% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 78.9% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2009.
- How does Malawi rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Malawi ranks 160th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.