Limited scoring coverage for Malawi
The World Bank (WDI) and V-Dem — our primary sources for the Overall Score and its Economy, Governance, Quality of Life and Innovation categories — don't provide the complete series we score Malawi from, so Malawi's Overall Score and those categories show “No data” rather than an estimated number. This is a disclosed sourcing gap, not a fabricated zero.
Everything shown below is still sourced from providers that do cover Malawi: geography, government and named industries from the CIA World Factbook; population and demographics from UN World Population Prospects 2024; the energy mix from Ember; and mineral reserves from USGS.
The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Stability (59/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | — | — |
| Governance | — | — |
| Quality of Life | — | — |
| Innovation | — | — |
| Stability | 59/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | −1 | now 38, versus 39 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | — | Pandemic 0 · Banking Crisis 0 · War / Conflict — · Natural Disaster 48 |
| Strategic Position | 44/100 | Demographics 62 · Resources 10 · Stability 59 · Education — · Technology — · Geopolitics — |
Malawi has no overall score yet — nation-wide indicator coverage is below the reporting threshold. Momentum: down 1 point versus three years ago (now 38). Its strongest area is Stability (59/100). The risk drawing attention: Economy weakness.
All 192 tracked indicators — 110 sourced, 82 derived — each with its exact source, series code, and refresh cadence. The complete source-by-source catalog is on the methodology page.
Full catalog →Per-indicator sources are always public on the methodology page — Analyst assembles the complete ledger in context.
Malawi's Stability score is 59 out of 100 (moderate), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
On NationsHelm's momentum read, Malawi is down 1 point versus three years ago — 38 now, from 39 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Malawi's defining asset is tobacco, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — fiscal Balance −11.5% of GDP — the category's weakest input (0/100).
Malawi's Strategic Position score is 44 out of 100 (weak), weighing demographics, resources, stability, education, technology and geopolitics — each component sourced or derived, with unsourced components dropped rather than counted as zero.