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FSCI Indicators Breakdown

The Food Systems Countdown Initiative (FSCI) is a collaborative interdisciplinary effort to monitor global food systems. The FSCI developed a framework that includes five themes: (1) diets, nutrition, and health; (2) environment, natural resources, and production; (3) livelihoods, poverty, and equity; (4) governance; and (5) resilience and identified 50 indicators across these themes. This page presents national level data for these 50 indicators for Malawi.

Malawi income group: Low Income
Comparison
Malawi
Eastern Africa
World

Diets, Nutrition, and Health

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Cost of a healthy diet per capita
3.4 PPP dollar/capita/day
Percent of the population who cannot afford a healthy diet
96%
Availability of fruits
443.2 g/capita/day
Availability of vegetables
237.5 g/capita/day
Percent of the population using safely managed drinking water services
10%
Retail value (total sales) of ultra-processed foods per capita
0.1 current PPP dollar/capita/year
MDD-W: Minimum dietary diversity for women
53%
All-5: Consumption of all five food groups
26%
NCD-Protect
3.6
NCD-Risk
1.2
Adults: Zero fruit or vegetable consumption
8%
Adults: Soft drink consumption
10%
POU: Prevalence of undernourishment
18%
Percent of the population experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity
82%
MDD (IYCF): Minimum dietary diversity for infants and young children
23%
Children (6-23 months): Zero fruit or vegetable consumption
23% population 6-23 months
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Environment, natural resources, and production

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Cropland nitrogen use efficiency
38%
Cereals yield
2 tonnes/ha
Fruit yield
16.3 tonnes/ha
Vegetable yield
13.1 tonnes/ha
Cow's milk yield
444.6 100 g/animal
Beef yield
107.1 100 g/animal
Fishery health index progress score
No Data
Agri-food systems greenhouse gas emissions
19,286.4 kT CO2eq
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for cereals (excluding rice)
0.3 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for rice
1.8 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for cow's milk
3.2 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for beef
40.8 kg CO2eq/kg product
Cropland area change
1% change
Functional integrity: Agricultural land with minimum level of natural habitat
24% agricultural land
Agriculture water withdrawal as percent of total renewable water resources
7%
Pesticide use per area of cropland
0.6 kg/ha
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Livelihoods, Poverty, and Equity

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Share of agriculture in GDP
26% GDP
Unemployment rate (Rural)
1% working age population
Underemployment rate (Rural)
No Data
Social protection coverage
38% population
Social protection adequacy
10% welfare of beneficiary households
Percent of children 5-17 years engaged in child labor
10% children 5-17
Share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land
51% landholdings
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Governance

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Civil society participation index
0.9
Percent of the urban population living in cities signed onto the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact
0%
Degree of legal recognition of the right to food
No Data
Presence of a national food system transformation pathway
No Data
Government effectiveness index
-0.8
Food safety capacity
20
Presence of national health-related food environment policies
No Data
V-Dem accountability index
1.1
Open budget index score
20
Guarantees for public access to information
No Data
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Resilience

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Ratio of total damages from all disasters to GDP
No Data
Dietary sourcing flexibility index
0.6
Mobile cellular subscriptions
60.1 Number per 100 people
Social capital index
0.3
Proportion of agricultural land with minimum level of species diversity (crop and pasture)
99% agricultural land
Number of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium- or long-term conservation facilities
3,253
Number of animal genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium- or long-term conservation facilities
0
Prevalence of severe coping strategies
0.5
Food price volatility
0.6
Food supply variability per capita
19 kcal/capita/day
Less Desirable
More Desirable