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🇲🇼 Malawi
Africa · 2 rankings that exist only inside Malawi — its states, cities, universities and more.
👥 Population22.2M#60 of 215💰 GDP$14.9B#142 of 185💎 GDP per capita$672#180 of 185❤️ Life expectancy67.6 yrs#169 of 215🗺️ Area94,280#107 of 214
Rankings inside Malawi
🎓 Education
🌍 Society & Health
🎓 Top Research Universities in Malawi
Universities and colleges in Malawi ranked by the total citations their research has received (OpenAlex).
1
University of Malawi8,585 papers
473,600
2
Kamuzu University of Health Sciences2,454 papers
42,185
3
Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources2,055 papers
41,512
4
Mzuzu University1,422 papers
20,920
5
Malawi University of Science and Technology1,055 papers
14,785
6
University of Livingstonia190 papers
1,423
7
DMI-St. John the Baptist University279 papers
1,024
8
The Catholic University of Malawi133 papers
902
9
Malawi School of Government19 papers
429
10
Unicaf University163 papers
392
11
Malawi Adventist University48 papers
230
12
Nalikule College of Education35 papers
117
Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers · CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) · fetched Oct 13, 2026 — Counts every citation to papers by authors affiliated with the institution, so large and old universities score high. It measures research impact, not teaching quality.