Malawi Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GDP: $1.34 billion (1982), $210 per capita;

real growth rate 3.0% (1982)

Natural resources: limestone, uranium potential

Agriculture: cash crops—tobacco, tea, sugar, peanuts, cotton, tung oil, maize; subsistence crops—corn, sorghum, millet, pulses, root crops, fruit, vegetables, rice; self-sufficient in food production

Electric power: 174,000 kW capacity (1985); 458 million kWh produced (1985), 65 kWh per capita

Major industries: agricultural processing (tea, tobacco, sugar), sawmilling, cement, consumer goods

Exports: $259.9 million (c.i.f., 1984); tobacco, tea, sugar, peanuts, cotton, corn

Imports: $303 billion (c.i.f., 1984); manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, building and construction materials, fuel, fertilizer

Major trade partners: exports—UK, FRG, US, Netherlands, South Africa; imports— South Africa, UK, Japan, US, FRG

Aid: economic commitments—Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF (1970-83), $1.2 billion; US authorized (FY70-84), $55 million

Budget: 1983 revenues $211.9 million, expenditures $231.9 million

Monetary conversion rate: 1.67 Malawi kwacha=US$l (June 1984)

Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March

NOTE: The information regarding Malawi on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Malawi 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Malawi 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.