Malawi: Pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%)

Key figures

Since 1992 it is up 6.6 percentage points from 90.2% in 1992. The World Bank has no value for 17 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

Closest to Malawi in the 2020 ranking

• Peru — 1st of 5: 98.1%
• Rwanda — 2nd of 5: 97.7%
• Kenya — 4th of 5: 92.8%
• Romania — 5th of 5: 72.3%

What this measures

Pregnant women receiving prenatal care are the percentage of women attended at least once during pregnancy by skilled health personnel for reasons related to pregnancy.

Limitations: For the indicators that are from household surveys, the year refers to the survey year. For more information, consult the original sources.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 12 values

Pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%) in nearby economies

• Ghana — 97.4% (2019)
• Kenya — 92.8% (2020)
• Madagascar — 88.9% (2021)
• Nigeria — 67% (2018)
• Rwanda — 97.7% (2020)
• Senegal — 97.6% (2019)
• Uganda — 95.1% (2019)
• Zimbabwe — 93.3% (2019)

More health data for Malawi

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 13.94% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 14.71% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 4.45 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 39.17% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 4.46 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 41.13% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 8.91 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 40.13% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 12.8% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Malawi's pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%)?

96.8% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1992?

It is up 6.6 percentage points from 90.2% in 1992. The highest value was 97.7% in 2012 and the lowest 90.2% in 1992.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: State of the World's Children, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); Childinfo, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); Demographic and Health Surveys, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.STA.ANVC.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: State of the World's Children, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); Childinfo, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); Demographic and Health Surveys, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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