Malawi: 0 km (2026 edition) · Mozambique: 2,470 km (2026 edition)

Malawi’s highest peak towers 566 m above Mozambique’s

Malawi: 3,002 m (2026 edition) · Mozambique: 2,436 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Malawi, versus 56% of Mozambique

Malawi: 65% (2024) · Mozambique: 56.1% (2024)

Mozambique has 60% more people than Malawi

Malawi: 22.2 million (2025) · Mozambique: 35.6 million (2025)

Malawi is 5.2 times as densely populated as Mozambique

Malawi: 236 per km² (2025) · Mozambique: 45 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Malawi is 1.3 years older than in Mozambique

Malawi: 17.6 years (2023) · Mozambique: 16.3 years (2023)

Women in Mozambique have 1.1 more children on average than in Malawi

Malawi: 3.59 children per woman (2024) · Mozambique: 4.69 children per woman (2024)

Mozambique and Malawi are practically level

Malawi: 2.6% (2025) · Mozambique: 2.7% (2025)

Malawi hosts 11 times as many refugees per resident as Mozambique

Malawi: 1.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Mozambique: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Malawi and Mozambique are practically level

Malawi: 0 (2026) · Mozambique: 0 (2026)

Malawi has 2 official languages, Mozambique 1

Malawi: 2 (2026) · Mozambique: 1 (2026)

Mozambique’s economy is 50% larger than Malawi’s

Malawi: $14.9 billion (2025) · Mozambique: $22.3 billion (2025)

Malawi produces 12% more per person than Mozambique

Malawi: Int$1,899 (2025) · Mozambique: Int$1,698 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Mozambique than in Malawi (Gini 11.1 points higher)

Malawi: 38.5 (2019) · Mozambique: 49.6 (2022)

81% of people in Mozambique live on less than $3 a day, versus 75% in Malawi

Malawi: 75.4% (2019) · Mozambique: 81.4% (2022)

Unemployment is 6.6% in Mozambique, versus 5.1% in Malawi

Malawi: 5.1% (2025) · Mozambique: 6.6% (2025)

Mozambique spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Malawi 1.1%

Malawi: 1.1% (2025) · Mozambique: 1.9% (2025)

Mozambique’s central government collects 22% of GDP in tax, Malawi’s 16%

Malawi: 15.6% (2024) · Mozambique: 21.8% (2024)

Mozambique’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Malawi’s

Malawi: 35% (2025) · Mozambique: 37% (2025)

Mozambique spends 28% more on health per person than Malawi

Malawi: $41 (2023) · Mozambique: $53 (2023)

A baby in Mozambique is 15% more likely to die before turning one than in Malawi

Malawi: 38 per 1,000 (2024) · Mozambique: 43.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Mozambique has 3.2 times as many doctors per person as Malawi

Malawi: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Mozambique: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Malawi: no data · Mozambique: 0.7 per 1,000 (2021)

The suicide rate in Malawi is 29% higher than in Mozambique

Malawi: 21.5 per 100k (2023) · Mozambique: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

9.4% of adults in Mozambique are obese, versus 6.7% in Malawi

Malawi: 6.7% (2024) · Mozambique: 9.4% (2024)

11% of adults in Mozambique smoke, versus 8.9% in Malawi

Malawi: 8.9% (2024) · Mozambique: 10.5% (2024)

People in Mozambique rate their lives 2.05 points higher than in Malawi

Malawi: 3.28 (2025) · Mozambique: 5.34 (2025)

Adults in Mozambique drink 2 times as much alcohol as in Malawi

Malawi: 1 litres (2023) · Mozambique: 2 litres (2023)

Malawi has 2.7 times as much meat per person as Mozambique

Malawi: 28.2 kg (2023) · Mozambique: 10.4 kg (2023)

Malawi has 432 kcal more food per person per day than Mozambique

Malawi: 2,618 kcal (2023) · Mozambique: 2,186 kcal (2023)

Workers in Malawi put in 89 more hours a year than in Mozambique

Malawi: 1,596 hours (2023) · Mozambique: 1,507 hours (2023)

Adults in Malawi went to school 0.65 years longer than in Mozambique

Malawi: 5.2 years (2023) · Mozambique: 4.6 years (2023)

Mozambique welcomed 31% more tourists per resident than Malawi (2019)

Malawi: 0.05 (2019) · Mozambique: 0.07 (2019)

Malawi has 1 more World Heritage site than Mozambique (3 against 2)

Malawi: 3 (2026) · Mozambique: 2 (2026)

Mozambique has won 2 Olympic medals, Malawi none

Malawi: 0 (2026 edition) · Mozambique: 2 (2026 edition)

21% of people in Mozambique are online, versus 19% in Malawi

Malawi: 19% (2024) · Mozambique: 21% (2024)

Home internet in Malawi is 24% faster than in Mozambique

Malawi: 89 Mbps (2026) · Mozambique: 72 Mbps (2026)

37% of people in Mozambique have electricity, versus 16% in Malawi

Malawi: 15.6% (2024) · Mozambique: 36.9% (2024)

37% of people in Mozambique live in cities, versus 18% in Malawi

Malawi: 18% (2025) · Mozambique: 37% (2025)

Malawi has 69 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Mozambique 50

Malawi: 69 (2024) · Mozambique: 50 (2024)

Mozambique’s railway network is 4.1 times as long as Malawi’s

Malawi: 767 km (2014) · Mozambique: 3,116 km (2011)

Airlines from Mozambique fly 121 times as many passengers per resident as those from Malawi

Malawi: 0.00016 (2023) · Mozambique: 0.02 (2023)

Forest covers 41% of Mozambique, but only 22% of Malawi

Malawi: 22% (2024) · Mozambique: 41.3% (2024)

The average person in Mozambique emits 2.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Malawi

Malawi: 0.1 t (2024) · Mozambique: 0.2 t (2024)

96% of Malawi’s electricity is renewable, versus 83% in Mozambique

Malawi: 95.6% (2024) · Mozambique: 83.4% (2024)

The air in Malawi carries 28% more fine dust than in Mozambique

Malawi: 21.8 µg/m³ (2024) · Mozambique: 17 µg/m³ (2024)

Roads in Malawi are 24% deadlier than in Mozambique

Malawi: 33.2 per 100k (2023) · Mozambique: 26.7 per 100k (2023)

Mozambique is on average 1.9 °C warmer than Malawi

Malawi: 22.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mozambique: 24.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Malawi gets 58% more rain than Mozambique

Malawi: 1,453 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Mozambique: 918 mm (2016–2025 avg)