These facts on Malawi were forwarded to me by someone that I have cooresponded with about Malawi. I will let these facts speak for themselves.
Current Facts about Malawi
"Pocket World in Figures, 2006 Edition"
published by The Economist. (London: Profile Books.)
Highest population per doctor: Malawi ranks 1st in the world at 88,321.
Most road accidents (# people injured per 100m vehicle-km): Malawi ranks 1st in the world at 2,730. (Rwanda is a distant second at 1,764.)
Lowest purchasing power (US = 100): Malawi ranks 2nd in the world at 1.6
Maternal mortality rates: Malawi ranks 3rd in the world with 1,800 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, behind Sierra Leone and Afghanistan
Lowest GDP per head: Malawi ranks 5th in the world at $140
Lowest median age: Malawi ranks 6th in the world at 16.3
Lowest life expectancy: Malawi ranks 7th at 41.1.
Lowest female life expectancy: Malawi ranks 7th at 40.6 (women live shorter lives than men in this country.)
Highest foreign debt, as % of goods and services: Malawi ranks 8th at 660%
HIV/AIDS prevalence among 15 - 49 year olds: Malawi ranks 8th at 14.2% of population in this age range
AIDS deaths per 100,000 of population: Malawi ranks 8th at 694.
Highest death rates: Malawi ranks 12th at 19.9 per 1,000 population
Crude birth rates, number of live births per 1000 people: Malawi ranks 14th at 44.6
Highest fertility rates in the world: Malawi ranks 16th at 6.1.
Highest infant mortality: Malawi ranks 16th at 102.6 per 1000 live births
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