Country Risk Index · MWI

Malawi

Southern Africa · May 2026 snapshot

49/ 100 CRI
Elevated

Peer rank #4 of 10

MoM -2.5

CRI trend

Apr 2026 · May 2026

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Pillar scores

Currency (20%)
44
Sovereign (20%)
78
Regulatory (15%)
38
Counterparty (15%)
23
Liquidity (15%)
60
Political (15%)
42

Indicator inputs


Currency

44
Parallel-vs-official FX premium
20 %n46
12-month local-currency depreciation
30 %n41
Inflation (YoY)
29 %n46

Sovereign

78
External debt / GDP
61 %n51
In external arrears
1 0/1n100
ICRG-style sovereign band
8 1–10n83

Regulatory

38
Months since last RBZ/FX directive
21 monthsn72
Investment-approval backlog
8 weeksn42
FATF grey/black-list status
0 0/1/2n0

Counterparty

23
Banking-sector NPL ratio
6 %n15
State-owned-enterprise share of economy
24 %n30

Liquidity

60
Equity-market turnover / market-cap
2 %n97
Days to repatriate USD
33 daysn22

Political

42
Months to next national election
19 monthsn63
ACLED conflict-events trend
13 indexn6
Governance percentile
35 0–100n58

Each row shows the raw indicator value and (n) its peer-relative normalised 0–100 risk value. Source: desk estimates from public data.

Indicative composite · Not investment advice · May 2026