Malawi District Health Indicators from 2020 Census and Surveys

Health Statistics from the Statistical Yearbook 2021, the Population and Housing Census 2018, and the Fifth Integrated Household Survey (IHS5) 2019-2020. The dataset provides district-level indicators for Malawi covering chronic illness, disability, nutrition, sanitation, and maternal health. It was last updated on the platform in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling district-level health disparities based on indicators for chronic illness and disability.
• Assessing the impact of public health interventions based on data on skilled birth attendance and place of delivery.
• Analyzing correlations between environmental factors and health outcomes based on data on improved water sources and sanitation.
• Evaluating food security and nutrition status across administrative regions.

Strengths

• Aggregates data from three authoritative national sources: the Statistical Yearbook 2021, Census 2018, and IHS5 2019-2020.
• Covers 13 distinct health and socio-economic indicator categories at the district level.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Malawi National Statistical Office (NSO) via the Health Cluster.

Collection Method

Aggregated from official national statistical publications and surveys.

Time Range

Primary data sources range from 2018 to 2020.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 18:50:14.995315; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Malawi, at the district administrative level.