Some interesting facts about Malawi. Thanks to Jim Donahue for sending them our way :)
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Population: 11 million
- The average annual income per person is $160 compared to $34,280 in the US. Malawi ranks 199 out of 208 countries (only Liberia, Sierra Leone, Burundi, Ethiopia, and the Congo are poorer). If you take into account the relative costs of goods in Malawi (purchasing power parity) they make the equivalent of $560 per year and are ranked 206 out of 208.
- 42% of the population live below the international poverty line of $1 per day (76% below $2 per day)
- Life expectancy at birth is 38 years compared to 78 in the US.
- Only 57% of the population has access to clean water supply (US 100%)
- 183 out of 1000 children die before the age of 5 (US rate is 8)
- 1.3 PCs per 1000 people (US is 625)
- 11 fixed and mobile phone subscribers per 1000 people (US is 1,118)
- A total of 20,000 internet users
- 6.35% of males and 14.9% females between the age of 15 and 24 are infected with HIV (US is 0.47% and 0.23%)
- Adult literacy rate is 61%
- 18.5% of the roads are paved
- In the largest city, Lilongwe (pop 765,000), 65% of households have access to potable water, 12% have a sewage connection, 50% have electricity, and 10% have a telephone
Posted by sarah at June 24, 2004 04:50 AMnice tu hear from Jake, when he is finishing his advendures in Africa and coming to visit us in Lithuania? :)
Posted by: Aidas at June 25, 2004 03:19 PM2 years from now :)
Posted by: sarah at July 1, 2004 06:11 PMJaker - just wanted to say hi, was looking through your pictures today and reading some of the updates. I would love to send you a box of some things you may need or want, but could use some help with what that may be....? Brent
Posted by: Brent Sowul at January 25, 2005 08:10 PMi would like to go malawi .send me info about accomodation
Posted by: samir at July 6, 2005 05:27 PM