Malawi

Malawi is a landlocked country, approximately the size of Pennsylvania, in southeastern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia.

Malawi

About Malawi

Malawi is a landlocked country in southeastern Africa bordered by Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia. The country is defined by its topography of highlands split by the Great Rift Valley and enormous Lake Malawi.

Malawi has a sub-tropical climate which is relatively dry and strongly seasonal. Most of Malawi's population (85%) live in rural areas and engage in cash crops and subsistence agriculture. The country's exports consist of the produce from both small landholdings and large tea and tobacco estates. There is widespread chronic malnutrition, high infant mortality rates and grinding poverty. Numerous, ongoing efforts attempt to overcome decades of underdevelopment, corruption and the impact of an HIV-AIDS problem, which together claim the lives of tens of thousands every year. Hungry For Life partners with a ministry in Malawi that centers its focus on a water and sanitation project.

21.2

Million people

51%

Live in extreme
poverty

10%

Lack access to clean
water

59%

Lack access to basic
sanitation

38%

Lack basic literacy

48%

Lack employment

63

Year life expectancy

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