Employers, total (% of total employment) in Malawi
Malawi: Employers, total (% of total employment) was 1.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employers, total (% of total employment) in Malawi, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for employers, total (% of total employment) in Malawi is 1.4%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employers, total (% of total employment) in Malawi peaked at 1.4% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 1997.
That places Malawi 160th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Employers, total (% of total employment) in Malawi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1.1% | — |
| 1992 | 1.1% | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 1.1% | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 1.1% | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 1.1% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 1.1% | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 1.1% | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 1.1% | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 1.1% | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 1.1% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 1.1% | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 1.1% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 1.1% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.1% | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 1.1% | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 1.1% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 1.1% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1.2% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 1.2% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 1.2% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1.2% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.2% | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.2% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 1.2% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1.3% | +11.3% |
| 2021 | 1.4% | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 1.3% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 1.3% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 1.4% | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 1.4% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 6 |
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.4293 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.4409 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.4183 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2050)
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 28,345 1000 No (2050)
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 59,141 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employers, total (% of total employment) in Malawi?
- Employers, total (% of total employment) in Malawi was 1.4% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 2025.
- What is the lowest employers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 1997.
- How does Malawi rank for employers, total (% of total employment)?
- Malawi ranks 160th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Employers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).