Malawi

Sub-Saharan Africa · Lilongwe

Rank #135 of 173

26.8Strength score

Photos

U.S. Army Africa medics mentor in Malawi 2010 (4348753000) — U.S. Army Africa medics mentor in Malawi 2010 (4348753000)US Army Africa from Vicenza, Italy · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

2010-10-23 11-20-00 Malawi - Chileka — 2010-10-23 11-20-00 Malawi - ChilekaHansueli Krapf · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Equipment figures for this country are not added yet. The score uses budget and personnel only.

Strength by area

Finance69
Air power—
Manpower64
Land forces—
Naval power—
Nuclear—

Finance

Defence budget: $163M #139
Budget as % of GDP: 1.15% #115
Spending per person: $7 #156
GDP: $14.9B #146
Population: 22,216,120 #60

Manpower

Active personnel: 15,000 (World Bank figure) #119
Reserve personnel: —
Paramilitary: —
Total personnel: 15,000 #120

Land forces

Tanks: —
Armoured vehicles: —
Self-propelled artillery: —
Towed artillery: —
Rocket launchers (MLRS): —

Air power

Total aircraft: —
Fighter jets: —
Attack aircraft & bombers: —
Transport aircraft: —
Helicopters: —
Attack helicopters: —

Naval power

Total naval vessels: —
Aircraft carriers: —
Helicopter carriers: —
Submarines: —
Destroyers: —
Frigates: —
Corvettes: —
Patrol vessels: —

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: —

Compare with…

Weapons Malawi uses (2)

Antares-class patrol boat

Antares-class patrol boatPatrol vessels

NRP Castor

NRP CastorPatrol vessels

Others in the region

37Nigeria60.1 VS
45South Africa57.5 VS
47Ethiopia51.5 VS
64Angola30.9 VS
66Congo, Dem. Rep.30.8 VS
82Sudan29.8 VS
83Uganda29.8 VS
87Eritrea29.5 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)