NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider Joint Data Center on Forced DisplacementTabulations only Geography Malawi (MWI) Coverage type Country Time period covered 05/2024 - 08/2024 Series or system DHS Program Surveys DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Data type Survey: Cross-sectionalHouseholdIndividualNationally representativeUrban-rural representative Summary For the 2024 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), 20,849 women ages 15-49 and 8,583 men ages 15-54 were successfully interviewed from 22,414 households. In addition to survey questions on demographics and health, a biomarker questionnaire gathered anthropometric measurements, tested for anemia and malaria, conducted water quality testing, and collected specimens for micronutrient testing. Keywords Abortion, Adult mortality, Age at first sex, Analgesics, Anemia, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Antibiotics, Antihelminthics, Antimalarials, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth certificates, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Blood tests, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Caesarean section, Child anthropometry, Child care, Child development, Child mortality, Circumcision, Community health clinics, Complete birth history, Complete sibling history, Condoms, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Corrective lenses, Cough, Dairy products, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Diet, Domestic migration, Domestic violence, Education, Electricity, Emergency contraception, Employment, Family composition, Family planning, Fatigue, Fertility, Fever, Fish, Fruits, Fruits and vegetables, HIV and AIDS, HPV vaccines, Health facilities, Health insurance, Health literacy, Hearing aids, Hearing loss, Height, Hemoglobin, Hib vaccines, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Housing materials, Hygiene, IUDs, Immunization, Income, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Insecticide-treated bednets, Internet, Interpersonal violence, Intimate partner violence, Iodine supplements, Iron supplements, Iron-deficiency anemia, Jaundice, Land ownership, Languages, Legumes, Lifestyle risk factors, Limited mobility, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Malaria, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal conditions, Maternal mortality, Measles vaccines, Meat, Menstruation, Micronutrients, Miscarriage, Mortality, Multiple births, Obstetric fistulas, Occult blood, Occupations, Oral rehydration therapy, Pain, Parental survival, Pentavalent vaccines, Place of delivery, Pneumococcal vaccines, Polio vaccines, Postnatal care, Pregnancy, Refrigeration, Religion, Reproductive and sexual risk factors, Respiratory infections, Rotavirus vaccines, STDs, Sanitation, Secondhand smoke, Seizures, Sexual abstinence, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Sexual violence, Siblings, Skilled birth attendants, Smokeless tobacco use, Starchy vegetables, Stillbirths, Summary birth history, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco and nicotine use, Tobacco smoking, Traditional birth control, Transportation, Unemployment, Unintentional injuries, Unprocessed red meat, VCT, Vaccination cards, Vaccine preventable childhood diseases, Vegetables, Violence, Vision loss, Vitamin A supplements, Water supply, Weight, Whole grains, Zinc Citation Contributors National Statistical Office (Malawi) United States Agency for International Development (USAID) ICF International Funders Government of Malawi United States Agency for International Development (USAID) World Bank United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Global Fund to Fight Aids Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) Suggested citation ICF International, National Statistical Office (Malawi), United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Malawi Demographic and Health Survey 2024. GHDx Entry last modified on: Apr 30, 2025