Level, last 60 days
Deaths 30 d
0
UCDP up to 2026-08-31
Per million 90 d
—
last 90 days
Civilians
—
last 90 days
Incidents 30 d
0
Population
22.2 M
World Bank
Plants near violence
0 / 0
near violence / total; 0 nuclear
Why this level1
- +11.3 million people in crisis-level food insecurity or worse (IPC 3+)FEWS NET
Source: ARMSMA situation watch
Every monitored signal
The last 60 days, each on its own scale.
Internet outage alerts, 24 h
3
People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
1 250 000
Refugees who fled
2 330
Source: ARMSMA situation watch
Deaths in organised violence, per week
Malawi, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.
The latest week may be incomplete.
Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31
Who the violence is between
Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.
- State-based conflict · 0%
- Non-state conflict · 0%
- Against civilians · 0%
Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)
Food, displacement, sanctions
- People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
- —
- 2026-08
- Share in food crisis
- —
- 2026-08
- Undernourishment
- 21.4%
- 2023
- Refugees who fled
- 2,330
- 2025
- Refugees hosted
- 60,492
- 2025
- Internally displaced
- —
- 2025
- Sanctions designations
- 2
- 2026-09-29
- GDP per person
- $672
- 2025
FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions
People in crisis-level food insecurity
IPC Phase 3 or worse, month by month (FEWS NET current-situation estimates, midpoint of the published range).
FEWS NET — IPC-compatible analysis
Latest incidents of organised violence0
No organised violence recorded in the current data.
Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31
Conflicts, 90 days0
No organised violence recorded in the current data.
Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)
Natural hazards, 30 days0
None in the last 30 days.
GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET
Warnings and notices
UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS
Next 7 days in Lilongwe
| Day | °C | Rain | Gusts | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Sep 29 | 21…30 | 0.1 mm | 46 km/h | |
| Wed, Sep 30 | 19…29 | 5.6 mm | 44 km/h | |
| Thu, Oct 1 | 18…26 | 8.5 mm | 39 km/h | thunderstorm |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 17…25 | 8.8 mm | 42 km/h | |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 17…26 | 3.3 mm | 38 km/h | |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 17…28 | 0.0 mm | 47 km/h | |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 19…29 | 0.0 mm | 54 km/h |
Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
Food prices in markets14
| Item | Price | USD | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maize / KG | 950 MWK | 0.55 | — |
| Beans / KG | 4,633.33 MWK | 2.67 | -32% |
| Sugar / KG | 4,878.26 MWK | 2.81 | +30% |
| Oil (vegetable) / L | 7,840.28 MWK | 4.52 | +6% |
| Cowpeas / KG | 2,267.5 MWK | 1.31 | -24% |
| Sweet potatoes / KG | 556 MWK | 0.32 | -33% |
| Exotic vegetables / KG | 1,120 MWK | 0.65 | — |
| Tomatoes / KG | 1,200 MWK | 0.69 | — |
| Rice / KG | 3,400 MWK | 1.96 | -9% |
| Local vegetables / KG | 1,000 MWK | 0.58 | — |
| Charcoal / KG | 1,000 MWK | 0.58 | +51% |
| Laundry soap / 140 G | 1,000 MWK | 0.58 | 0% |
| Bathing soap / 300 G | 3,000 MWK | 1.73 | — |
| Firewood / 350 G | 200 MWK | 0.12 | -27% |
Median retail price across markets in the latest month reported (2026-08); change against the same month a year before.
WFP · HDX (CC BY-IGO)
Disasters since 20004
Tropical cyclonesFloods
GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)