Southern Africa
Malawi
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Malawi's #6 import source (world lens). Malawi is the EU's #131 goods supplier.
Malawi on the world stage
Total imports
$3.3bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$958m
157 partners
#1 import source
China
16.1%
#1 export dest.
Belgium
18.6%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Malawi and the EU
EU imports from
€383m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€146m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #131 supplier
EU trade balance
one-sided
coverage 0.38
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember · estimated
Industrial
155
EUR/MWh
Consumer
80
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
55
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
–
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Import dependenceMarket model
State monopoly (ESCOM)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
MERA (Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority)
80% hydro from the Shire River system, which is drought-sensitive and silting. Installed capacity is only ~600 MW for 20 million people. Very low carbon intensity (55 gCO2e/kWh) but chronic shortage.
Tracked infrastructure
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
17.8
→ 24.6 by 2050
Fertility
3.59
above replacement
Working-age
56.7%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
4.6
→ 7.6 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 21.7M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +72% (37.4M)