Key Market Indicators
By 2026, Malawi is predicted to have a prevalence of 26.8 percent of its adult population classified as overweight. This would mark an increase of one percentage point, on average, each year since 1980. In 2021, Malawi was ranked 170th in terms of overweight prevalence, with 25.2 percent of adults classified as overweight. Burkina Faso was ahead of Malawi, while the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Kiribati ranked second, third and fourth, respectively.
