With a power score of 1.88, Malawi ranks number 65 among Emerging markets and number 22 in Africa.
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Malawi has a power score of 1.88, which puts it at rank 65 in the Emerging Markets power ranking. The power score of Malawi is lower than the average of 1.91 in Africa.
In the chart above all geographies within the region are arranged by power score from left to right. The circles are sized based on the population.
Malawi implements policies in 4/8 categories tracked by Climatescope; Renewable energy target, Auctions/tenders (utility-scale), Support for customer-sited generation (rooftop and self-consumption), and Tax incentives
The average electricity price in Malawi has decreased from ~$99/MWh in 2023 to ~$81/MWh in 2024. Since 2019, the average electricity price in Malawi has fluctuated between ~$81/MWh in 2024 and ~$107/MWh in 2021.
The top amount of capacity installed in Malawi in 2024 was in Hydro at 397.8MW, up from 397.4MW in 2023.
The technology with the largest share of electricity generated in Malawi in 2024 was Hydro at 1.86TWh, up from 1.86TWh in 2023.
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