Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added … total in Malawi
Malawi: Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added … total was 3.9% in 2016. ▼ Falling
Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total in Malawi, 2000–2016
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 3.9% for proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total in 2016. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 64.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total in Malawi peaked at 12.5% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 3.9%, in 2014.
That places Malawi 117th out of 126 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added … total in Malawi, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.4% | — |
| 2001 | 9.2% | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 8.0% | -13.2% |
| 2003 | 5.4% | -32.4% |
| 2004 | 4.5% | -16.8% |
| 2005 | 6.1% | +36.1% |
| 2006 | 11.2% | +81.8% |
| 2007 | 5.4% | -51.7% |
| 2008 | 11.4% | +111.7% |
| 2009 | 12.5% | +9.6% |
| 2010 | 11.3% | -9.4% |
| 2011 | 11.1% | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 11.1% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 11.1% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3.9% | -64.4% |
| 2015 | 3.9% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3.9% | +0.0% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 3.9% is below the median for low income countries, which is 5.9%, 66% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 3.9% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7.7%, 51% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added … total in Malawi changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +111.7% | 5.4% | 11.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.3% | 4.5% | 12.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.1% | 3.9% | 11.3% | 7 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 114 Iraq 4.4% compare
- 115 Kyrgyzstan 4.4% compare
- 116 Tajikistan 4.3% compare
- 118 Armenia 3.9% compare
- 119 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.8% compare
- 119 Laos 3.8% compare
More infrastructure data for Malawi
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 15.00 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 69.26 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 4,869 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.0225 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0002 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 4,869 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.6926 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0013 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total in Malawi?
- Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total in Malawi was 3.9% in 2016, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 12.5% in 2009.
- What is the lowest proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.9% in 2014.
- How does Malawi rank for proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total?
- Malawi ranks 117th out of 126 countries with data for 2016.
- Is proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total value added (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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