Earliest recorded position in this interval.
Rank— → #195National score— → —
World Wealthiest Country · Abundance history
Malawi 🇲🇼 · Country History
Movement in the World Wealthiest Country Abundance Scorecard, measured through access to life rather than GDP or money. Every archived point adjustment and source remains available; unchanged observations are condensed by date, not deleted.
World Wealthiest Country · Recorded rank history
61 meaningful rank/score point(s)Dated changes with readable spacing · diagonal lines show rank movement · horizontal lines show held positions · scroll left for earlier dates.
National score over the same dates
The rank can hold while points move. This chart shows only actually recorded score readings; its vertical scale follows the visible minimum and maximum.
Dots mark initial readings and rank or score changes; unchanged readings extend a dated interval. Select a dot for the score and related archived events.
Selected rank observation
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #86 to #195 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#86 → #195National score— → —
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#195 → #198National score— → —
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #195 to #198 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#195 → #198National score— → —
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#198 → #203National score— → —
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #198 to #203 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#198 → #203National score— → —
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
National score changed while rank held.
Rank#203 → #203National score— → -72.09
Held through 11 Oct 2026 · 12:02 GMT-0500; 69 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
No additional field-by-field change record was found at this date; older missing details are not reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#203 → #201National score-72.09 → -72.43
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 11 Oct 2026 · 12:03 GMT-0500; 1 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 0.75 | 0.75 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
Live-reviewed from the automation completion record plus authoritative-source reconstruction after persistence failure. Capacity, reach, friction and return/regeneration are scored separately; national monetary gatekeeping is applied only at the overall-score stage.
Recorded score adjustments and policy audits
marriage-law audit: 0.00 Malawi: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded by the 2026-10-10 legal-status review. Country is included in the 2026 legal-status survey under a status other than generally available domestic civil marriage. This describes legal status, not a demonstrated effect on birth rates.
Sources archived before (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. Family stability is constrained where poverty, food, housing, employment, care and public-service gaps fall directly on children and caregivers; the score therefore reflects continuity of family life, not income alone.
Sources archived after the change (2)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. Family stability is constrained where poverty, food, housing, employment, care and public-service gaps fall directly on children and caregivers; the score therefore reflects continuity of family life, not income alone.
Malawi: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded by the 2026-10-10 legal-status review. Country is included in the 2026 legal-status survey under a status other than generally available domestic civil marriage. This describes legal status, not a demonstrated effect on birth rates.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #203 to #201 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#203 → #201National score-72.09 → -72.43
Countries that fell below this country (2)
- Jamaica #198 → #203; points -71.69 → -72.81
- Mozambique #199 → #204; points -71.75 → -72.82
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Rank#202 → #200National score-72.09 → -72.43
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#201 → #200National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #200 to #199 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#200 → #199National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #201 to #200 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#201 → #200National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#200 → #199National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #201 to #200 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#201 → #200National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #199 to #200 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#199 → #200National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #199 to #201 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#199 → #201National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#199 → #200National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #200 to #199 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#200 → #199National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#200 → #199National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #199 to #198 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#199 → #198National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#199 → #198National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #197 to #198 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#197 → #198National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #198 to #197 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#198 → #197National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#198 → #199National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #199 to #200 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#199 → #200National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #198 to #200 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#198 → #200National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #197 to #199 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#197 → #199National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#199 → #200National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #200 to #199 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#200 → #199National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- New Zealand Previously #147; no longer ranked in this snapshot; points -65.36 → -65.36
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#200 → #199National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #199 to #198 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#199 → #198National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Hungary Previously #162; no longer ranked in this snapshot; points -67.43 → -67.43
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#199 → #198National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #197 to #196 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#197 → #196National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #198 to #197 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#198 → #197National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#198 → #196National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #196 to #195 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#196 → #195National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #197 to #196 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#197 → #196National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#196 → #195National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #195 to #194 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#195 → #194National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Chile Previously #55; no longer ranked in this snapshot; points -57.18 → -57.18
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#195 → #194National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #194 to #193 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#194 → #193National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#194 → #193National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #193 to #197 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#193 → #197National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Positions first recorded here (not confirmed rank jumps) (1)
- Chile First recorded here at #55; earlier position unavailable; points -57.18 → -57.15
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #193 to #196 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#193 → #196National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #193 to #195 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#193 → #195National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#193 → #199National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 12 Oct 2026 · 06:17 GMT-0500; 1292 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #197 to #199 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#197 → #199National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #196 to #199 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#196 → #199National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #195 to #199 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#195 → #199National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Positions first recorded here (not confirmed rank jumps) (3)
- New Zealand First recorded here at #156; earlier position unavailable; points -65.36 → -66.94
- Hungary First recorded here at #166; earlier position unavailable; points -67.43 → -67.72
- Morocco First recorded here at #197; earlier position unavailable; points -72.08 → -72.08
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#199 → #198National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 18 Oct 2026 · 11:57 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #199 to #198 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#199 → #198National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Nigeria #185 → #214; points -70.60 → -78.63
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#198 → #197National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #198 to #197 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#198 → #197National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Puerto Rico #144 → #206; points -65.87 → -74.42
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#197 → #196National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #197 to #196 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#197 → #196National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- The Bahamas #196 → #241
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#196 → #195National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 18 Oct 2026 · 19:30 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #196 to #195 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#196 → #195National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- China #172 → #240
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#195 → #194National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 18 Oct 2026 · 19:30 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #195 to #194 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#195 → #194National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Japan #105 → #240
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#194 → #193National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 18 Oct 2026 · 19:30 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #194 to #193 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#194 → #193National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- South Korea #116 → #240
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#193 → #192National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 18 Oct 2026 · 19:30 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #193 to #192 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#193 → #192National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Russia #147 → #239
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#192 → #191National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #192 to #191 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#192 → #191National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Mongolia #129 → #238; points -64.72 → -64.72
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#191 → #190National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #191 to #190 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#191 → #190National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Benin #151 → #235; points -67.23 → -67.23
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#190 → #189National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #190 to #189 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#190 → #189National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Kyrgyzstan #131 → #236
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#189 → #188National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 18 Oct 2026 · 19:30 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #189 to #188 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#189 → #188National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Botswana #113 → #231; points -62.99 → -62.99
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#188 → #187National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 18 Oct 2026 · 19:30 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #188 to #187 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#188 → #187National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Moldova #103 → #236; points -61.81 → -61.81
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#187 → #186National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #187 to #186 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#187 → #186National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- North Macedonia #86 → #238; points -59.97 → -59.97
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#186 → #185National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #186 to #185 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#186 → #185National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Madagascar #185 → #234; points -72.13 → -72.13
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#185 → #184National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #185 to #184 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#185 → #184National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Italy #34 → #230
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#184 → #183National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #184 to #183 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#184 → #183National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Tajikistan #169 → #240
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#183 → #182National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 19 Oct 2026 · 11:19 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #184 to #182 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#184 → #182National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (2)
- Laos #133 → #232; points -65.76 → -65.76
- Tajikistan #169 → #240
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#182 → #233National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome changed from pending to 4.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | — | 4.50 |
| Base category score | — | 4.50 |
| Research coverage (%) | — | 100.00 |
| Category weight (%) | — | 6.00 |
| Entry Accessibility (25%) | — | 45.00 |
| Migrant Practical Life (30%) | — | 30.00 |
| Refugee / Neighbour Welcome (25%) | — | -45.00 |
| Flexibility / Continuity (20%) | — | -40.00 |
Updated reasoning
Source-supported Trott Bailey Family evaluative inference, not a measured national population share. Malawi hosts displaced families at Dzaleka, while overcrowding and restrictive settlement conditions limit effective refuge. The 2026 official eVisa/visa-on-arrival system is accessible to eligible nationalities but involves fees and conditional admission. Sources: https://www.unhcr.org/where-we-work/countries/malawi ; https://www.evisa.gov.mw/. Two-source contextual assessment; direct access denominators and unobserved outcomes are not fabricated. Individual beleshkies are weighted 25/35/25/15; a zero non-extractive value is neutral uncertainty, not proof of absence of harm.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. International movement remains governed by passports, visas, residence rules, documentation and financial conditions. This is recorded factually and remains unscored under the frozen methodology.
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct changed from pending to 40. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | — | 40.00 |
| Base category score | — | 40.00 |
| Research coverage (%) | — | 100.00 |
| Category weight (%) | — | 6.00 |
| Positive Contribution (25%) | — | 60.00 |
| Mutuality / Local Benefit (25%) | — | 45.00 |
| Documented Harm / Extraction (35%) | — | 10.00 |
| Accountability / Repair (15%) | — | 45.00 |
Updated reasoning
Source-supported Trott Bailey Family evaluative inference, not a measured national population share. Malawian personnel have served in UN peacekeeping missions, a documented concrete external contribution. Hosting regional displaced people is treated separately under Welcome; peacekeeping deployment is not assumed to guarantee recipient outcomes. Sources: https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/malawi ; https://www.unhcr.org/where-we-work/countries/malawi. Two-source contextual assessment; direct access denominators and unobserved outcomes are not fabricated. Individual beleshkies are weighted 25/35/25/15; a zero non-extractive value is neutral uncertainty, not proof of absence of harm.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. External trade, resource flows, aid, emissions and cross-border effects cannot be reduced to territorial conditions alone. This category records the external ledger factually and remains unscored under the frozen methodology.
Published evidence, observations or country data changed. The headline score did not materially change in this update.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #182 to #233 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#182 → #233National score-72.43 → —
Countries that moved ahead of this country (51)
- Guinea-Bissau #183 → #182; points -72.72 → -72.72
- United States of America #184 → #183; points -72.80 → -72.80
- Mozambique #185 → #184; points -72.82 → -72.82
- Burkina Faso #186 → #185; points -73.07 → -73.07
- Western Sahara #187 → #186; points -73.29 → -73.29
- Egypt #188 → #187; points -73.57 → -73.57
- Marshall Islands #189 → #188; points -73.68 → -73.68
- Puerto Rico #190 → #189; points -74.42 → -74.42
- Zimbabwe #191 → #190; points -74.56 → -74.56
- Honduras #192 → #191; points -76.90 → -76.90
- Turkmenistan #193 → #192; points -76.99 → -76.99
- Libya #194 → #193; points -77.22 → -77.22
- Djibouti #195 → #194; points -78.04 → -78.04
- Iran #196 → #195; points -78.37 → -78.37
- Nigeria #197 → #196; points -78.63 → -78.63
- Equatorial Guinea #198 → #197; points -79.80 → -79.80
- Iraq #199 → #198; points -80.27 → -80.27
- Pakistan #200 → #199; points -80.46 → -80.46
- Tanzania #201 → #200; points -80.51 → -80.51
- Angola #202 → #201; points -80.62 → -80.62
- Mali #203 → #202; points -80.95 → -80.95
- Cameroon #204 → #203; points -81.23 → -81.23
- Republic of the Congo #205 → #204; points -81.30 → -81.30
- Ethiopia #206 → #205; points -81.64 → -81.64
- Guinea #207 → #206; points -81.75 → -81.75
- Papua New Guinea #208 → #207; points -82.18 → -82.18
- Chad #209 → #208; points -82.87 → -82.87
- DR Congo #210 → #209; points -83.57 → -83.57
- Eritrea #211 → #210; points -84.07 → -84.07
- Ukraine #212 → #211; points -84.24 → -84.24
- Syria #213 → #212; points -87.91 → -87.91
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea #214 → #213; points -88.20 → -88.20
- Somalia #215 → #214; points -88.51 → -88.51
- Myanmar #216 → #215; points -88.69 → -88.69
- Central African Republic #217 → #216; points -90.25 → -90.25
- Yemen #218 → #217; points -90.39 → -90.39
- Haiti #219 → #218; points -90.52 → -90.52
- Afghanistan #220 → #219; points -90.75 → -90.75
- South Sudan #221 → #220; points -90.79 → -90.79
- Sudan #222 → #221; points -93.37 → -93.37
- Palestine #223 → #222; points -94.71 → -94.71
- Benin #224 → #223
- Botswana #225 → #224
- China #226 → #225
- Gabon #227 → #226
- Italy #228 → #227
- Jamaica #229 → #228
- Japan #230 → #229
- Kyrgyzstan #231 → #230
- Laos #232 → #231
- Madagascar #233 → #232
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#233 → #232National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 19 Oct 2026 · 11:19 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #233 to #232 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#233 → #232National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Rwanda #113 → #238; points -63.72 → -63.72
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#232 → #231National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #232 to #231 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#232 → #231National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Namibia #124 → #234
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#231 → #230National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #231 to #230 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#231 → #230National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Mauritius #74 → #231
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#230 → #229National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #230 to #229 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#230 → #229National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Republic of the Congo #201 → #236; points -81.30 → -81.30
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#229 → #228National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 19 Oct 2026 · 11:19 GMT-0500; 4 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #229 to #228 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#229 → #228National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Mauritania #159 → #229
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#228 → #227National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #228 to #227 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#228 → #227National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Somalia #208 → #238
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#227 → #226National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #227 to #226 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#227 → #226National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Tokelau #2 → #241
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#226 → #225National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #226 to #225 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#226 → #225National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- San Marino #3 → #236
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #227 to #225 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#227 → #225National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (2)
- San Marino #4 → #236; points -47.91 → -47.91
- Tokelau #2 → #241
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#225 → #224National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #225 to #224 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#225 → #224National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon #6 → #235
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#224 → #223National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #224 to #223 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#224 → #223National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Togo #148 → #240; points -68.40 → -68.40
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#223 → #222National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 20 Oct 2026 · 08:33 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #223 to #222 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#223 → #222National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Montenegro #48 → #227; points -57.74 → -57.74
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#222 → #221National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 20 Oct 2026 · 08:33 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #222 to #221 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#222 → #221National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Sierra Leone #163 → #235; points -71.47 → -71.47
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#221 → #220National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 20 Oct 2026 · 08:33 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #221 to #220 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#221 → #220National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Maldives #44 → #221
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#220 → #219National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #220 to #219 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#220 → #219National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Yemen #197 → #241; points -90.39 → -90.39
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#219 → #218National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #219 to #218 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#219 → #218National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- South Sudan #198 → #236; points -90.79 → -90.79
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#218 → #217National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 20 Oct 2026 · 08:33 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #218 to #217 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#218 → #217National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Suriname #89 → #236
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#217 → #216National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 20 Oct 2026 · 08:33 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #217 to #216 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#217 → #216National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Serbia #52 → #231
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome changed from pending to 4.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | — | 4.50 |
| Base category score | — | 4.50 |
| Research coverage (%) | — | 100.00 |
| Category weight (%) | — | 6.00 |
| Entry Accessibility (25%) | — | 45.00 |
| Migrant Practical Life (30%) | — | 30.00 |
| Refugee / Neighbour Welcome (25%) | — | -45.00 |
| Flexibility / Continuity (20%) | — | -40.00 |
Updated reasoning
Source-supported Trott Bailey Family evaluative inference, not a measured national population share. Malawi hosts displaced families at Dzaleka, while overcrowding and restrictive settlement conditions limit effective refuge. The 2026 official eVisa/visa-on-arrival system is accessible to eligible nationalities but involves fees and conditional admission. Sources: https://www.unhcr.org/where-we-work/countries/malawi ; https://www.evisa.gov.mw/. Two-source contextual assessment; direct access denominators and unobserved outcomes are not fabricated. Individual beleshkies are weighted 25/35/25/15; a zero non-extractive value is neutral uncertainty, not proof of absence of harm.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. International movement remains governed by passports, visas, residence rules, documentation and financial conditions. This is recorded factually and remains unscored under the frozen methodology.
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct changed from pending to 40. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | — | 40.00 |
| Base category score | — | 40.00 |
| Research coverage (%) | — | 100.00 |
| Category weight (%) | — | 6.00 |
| Positive Contribution (25%) | — | 60.00 |
| Mutuality / Local Benefit (25%) | — | 45.00 |
| Documented Harm / Extraction (35%) | — | 10.00 |
| Accountability / Repair (15%) | — | 45.00 |
Updated reasoning
Source-supported Trott Bailey Family evaluative inference, not a measured national population share. Malawian personnel have served in UN peacekeeping missions, a documented concrete external contribution. Hosting regional displaced people is treated separately under Welcome; peacekeeping deployment is not assumed to guarantee recipient outcomes. Sources: https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/malawi ; https://www.unhcr.org/where-we-work/countries/malawi. Two-source contextual assessment; direct access denominators and unobserved outcomes are not fabricated. Individual beleshkies are weighted 25/35/25/15; a zero non-extractive value is neutral uncertainty, not proof of absence of harm.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. External trade, resource flows, aid, emissions and cross-border effects cannot be reduced to territorial conditions alone. This category records the external ledger factually and remains unscored under the frozen methodology.
Water & Sanitation Abundance changed from 0.75 to -25.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Water & Sanitation Abundance
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 0.75 | -25.50 |
| Base category score | 0.75 | -25.50 |
| Reach (35%) | 20.00 | -55.00 |
Category point adjustment: -26.25 category points
Recorded reasoning
Live-reviewed from the automation completion record plus authoritative-source reconstruction after persistence failure. Capacity, reach, friction and return/regeneration are scored separately; national monetary gatekeeping is applied only at the overall-score stage.
Sources archived before (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. Water and sanitation systems are expanding, but the cited WASH evidence shows that safe, reliable service does not yet reach everyone equally; climate, distance or infrastructure gaps remain material.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. Water and sanitation systems are expanding, but the cited WASH evidence shows that safe, reliable service does not yet reach everyone equally; climate, distance or infrastructure gaps remain material.
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction changed from 0.75 to 14.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 0.75 | 14.50 |
| Base category score | 0.75 | 14.50 |
| Capacity (25%) | 40.00 | 55.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -80.00 | -40.00 |
Category point adjustment: +13.75 category points
Recorded reasoning
Live-reviewed from the automation completion record plus authoritative-source reconstruction after persistence failure. Capacity, reach, friction and return/regeneration are scored separately; national monetary gatekeeping is applied only at the overall-score stage.
Sources archived before (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. Public institutions and legal systems provide real capacity, but access friction, security conditions, administrative burden and unequal ability to navigate institutions justify a conservative justice/safety score.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. Public institutions and legal systems provide real capacity, but access friction, security conditions, administrative burden and unequal ability to navigate institutions justify a conservative justice/safety score.
Health & Care Reach changed from 0.75 to -4.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Health & Care Reach
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 0.75 | -4.50 |
| Base category score | 0.75 | -4.50 |
| Reach (35%) | 20.00 | 5.00 |
Category point adjustment: -5.25 category points
Recorded reasoning
Live-reviewed from the automation completion record plus authoritative-source reconstruction after persistence failure. Capacity, reach, friction and return/regeneration are scored separately; national monetary gatekeeping is applied only at the overall-score stage.
Sources archived before (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. The health system has functioning public capability, but WHO evidence supports a conservative reach score because service quality, distance, workforce, disease burden or financial/logistical barriers remain material.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. The health system has functioning public capability, but WHO evidence supports a conservative reach score because service quality, distance, workforce, disease burden or financial/logistical barriers remain material.
Energy & Household Capability changed from 0.75 to -25.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Energy & Household Capability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 0.75 | -25.50 |
| Base category score | 0.75 | -25.50 |
| Reach (35%) | 20.00 | -55.00 |
Category point adjustment: -26.25 category points
Recorded reasoning
Live-reviewed from the automation completion record plus authoritative-source reconstruction after persistence failure. Capacity, reach, friction and return/regeneration are scored separately; national monetary gatekeeping is applied only at the overall-score stage.
Sources archived before (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. Energy capacity and access are real but reliability, affordability, import dependence, rural reach or climate exposure still limit household capability.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. Energy capacity and access are real but reliability, affordability, import dependence, rural reach or climate exposure still limit household capability.
Money Gate (separate 20-point gate) changed from 1.01 to 1.02. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Money Gate (separate 20-point gate)
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 1.01 | 1.02 |
Category point adjustment: +0.01 category points
Recorded reasoning
Transitional proxy or benchmark; no invented five-part direct audit.
No individual archived source links were captured for this observation.
Published evidence, observations or country data changed. The headline score did not materially change in this update.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#216 → #215National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 20 Oct 2026 · 08:33 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #216 to #215 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#216 → #215National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Slovenia #64 → #232
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#215 → #214National score-72.43 → -72.43
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 20 Oct 2026 · 16:49 GMT-0500; 1 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #215 to #214 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#215 → #214National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Senegal #113 → #229
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#214 → #171National score-72.43 → -72.87
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
No additional field-by-field change record was found at this date; older missing details are not reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#171 → #188National score-72.87 → -72.87
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #171 to #188 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#171 → #188National score-72.87 → -72.87
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Positions first recorded above (not confirmed rank jumps) (17)
- Lithuania First recorded here at #46; earlier position unavailable
- Montenegro First recorded here at #47; earlier position unavailable
- South Korea First recorded here at #48; earlier position unavailable
- Latvia First recorded here at #54; earlier position unavailable
- Barbados First recorded here at #57; earlier position unavailable
- Slovenia First recorded here at #68; earlier position unavailable
- Serbia First recorded here at #73; earlier position unavailable
- Armenia First recorded here at #86; earlier position unavailable
- North Macedonia First recorded here at #90; earlier position unavailable
- Kyrgyzstan First recorded here at #128; earlier position unavailable
- Cambodia First recorded here at #141; earlier position unavailable
- Aruba First recorded here at #145; earlier position unavailable
- Togo First recorded here at #156; earlier position unavailable
- Kosovo First recorded here at #173; earlier position unavailable
- Burundi First recorded here at #178; earlier position unavailable
- The Bahamas First recorded here at #183; earlier position unavailable
- Jamaica First recorded here at #184; earlier position unavailable
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#188 → #191National score-72.87 → -72.87
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #188 to #199 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#188 → #199National score-72.87 → -72.87
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Positions first recorded above (not confirmed rank jumps) (11)
- Tokelau First recorded here at #2; earlier position unavailable
- San Marino First recorded here at #4; earlier position unavailable
- Falkland Islands First recorded here at #5; earlier position unavailable
- Liechtenstein First recorded here at #6; earlier position unavailable
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon First recorded here at #10; earlier position unavailable
- Andorra First recorded here at #14; earlier position unavailable
- Brunei First recorded here at #15; earlier position unavailable
- Italy First recorded here at #36; earlier position unavailable
- Maldives First recorded here at #51; earlier position unavailable
- Russia First recorded here at #75; earlier position unavailable
- Tajikistan First recorded here at #180; earlier position unavailable
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #188 to #191 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#188 → #191National score-72.87 → -72.87
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Positions first recorded above (not confirmed rank jumps) (3)
- San Marino First recorded here at #3; earlier position unavailable
- Liechtenstein First recorded here at #4; earlier position unavailable
- Brunei First recorded here at #11; earlier position unavailable
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#191 → #200National score-72.87 → -72.87
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #199 to #200 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#199 → #200National score-72.87 → -72.87
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (1)
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#200 → #201National score-72.87 → -72.87
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #200 to #201 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#200 → #201National score-72.87 → -72.87
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer crossing can be confirmed from the two archived ranking snapshots.
Every recorded change
Each archived event is preserved. Category details and sources begin from the first detailed country snapshot; older records remain visible without invented comparisons.
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 0.75 | 0.75 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
Live-reviewed from the automation completion record plus authoritative-source reconstruction after persistence failure. Capacity, reach, friction and return/regeneration are scored separately; national monetary gatekeeping is applied only at the overall-score stage.
Recorded score adjustments and policy audits
marriage-law audit: 0.00 Malawi: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded by the 2026-10-10 legal-status review. Country is included in the 2026 legal-status survey under a status other than generally available domestic civil marriage. This describes legal status, not a demonstrated effect on birth rates.
Sources archived before (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. Family stability is constrained where poverty, food, housing, employment, care and public-service gaps fall directly on children and caregivers; the score therefore reflects continuity of family life, not income alone.
Sources archived after the change (2)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. Family stability is constrained where poverty, food, housing, employment, care and public-service gaps fall directly on children and caregivers; the score therefore reflects continuity of family life, not income alone.
Malawi: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded by the 2026-10-10 legal-status review. Country is included in the 2026 legal-status survey under a status other than generally available domestic civil marriage. This describes legal status, not a demonstrated effect on birth rates.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #203 to #201 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#203 → #201National score-72.09 → -72.43
Countries that fell below this country (2)
- Jamaica #198 → #203; points -71.69 → -72.81
- Mozambique #199 → #204; points -71.75 → -72.82
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Rank#202 → #200National score-72.09 → -72.43
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Marriage-law legal-status research recorded: not recognized, no new policy deduction. This legal-status audit is not evidence that a marriage law changed fertility.
Legal status: pending → not_recognized
Family Formation policy deduction: −0.00 category points (subject to the −100 floor)
Family Formation before / after0.75 → 0.75National points-72.09 → -72.09Rank#203 → #203
Malawi: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded by the 2026-10-10 legal-status review. Country is included in the 2026 legal-status survey under a status other than generally available domestic civil marriage. This describes legal status, not a demonstrated effect on birth rates.
Source level: secondary_comparative__national_primary_pending
Source archived with audit (1)
Malawi: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded by the 2026-10-10 legal-status review. Country is included in the 2026 legal-status survey under a status other than generally available domestic civil marriage. This describes legal status, not a demonstrated effect on birth rates.
First detailed category snapshot. Earlier category-by-category changes were not recorded and cannot be reconstructed from current values.
14 category values captured as the first detailed baseline. No earlier category change is being invented.
Open the captured category scores
Money Gate (separate 20-point gate)1.01Malawi: Durability, Repair & Material Return research finding ↗ Education & Human Capability0.75Malawi: Education & Human Capability research finding ↗ Energy & Household Capability0.75Malawi: Energy & Household Capability research finding ↗ Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability0.75Malawi: Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability research finding ↗ Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance0.75Malawi: Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance research finding ↗ Health & Care Reach0.75Malawi: Health & Care Reach research finding ↗ Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach0.75Malawi: Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach research finding ↗ Human Time & Burden Return0.75Malawi: Human Time & Burden Return research finding ↗ Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction0.75Malawi: Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction research finding ↗ Land Access & Spatial Freedom27.50Malawi: Land Access & Spatial Freedom research finding ↗ Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience27.50Malawi: Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience research finding ↗ Mobility & Reachability0.75Malawi: Mobility & Reachability research finding ↗ Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight13.75Malawi: Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight research finding ↗ Water & Sanitation Abundance0.75Malawi: Water & Sanitation Abundance research finding ↗
No individual archived source links were captured for this observation.
Durability, Repair & Material Return0.75Sources at first snapshot (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. Infrastructure can be repaired and maintained, but the recovered automation package did not establish universal circular-material return. The production score therefore remains conservative rather than treating waste projects or maintenance plans as completed circularity.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. Education institutions reach large parts of the population, but access, learning quality, retention and remote/disadvantaged-child gaps prevent school presence from being treated as full human capability.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. Energy capacity and access are real but reliability, affordability, import dependence, rural reach or climate exposure still limit household capability.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. Family stability is constrained where poverty, food, housing, employment, care and public-service gaps fall directly on children and caregivers; the score therefore reflects continuity of family life, not income alone.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. The food audit distinguishes physical production from nourishment reach. The cited food-security source shows that market access, shocks, nutrition or import exposure still matter, so domestic capacity is not treated as universal food abundance.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. The health system has functioning public capability, but WHO evidence supports a conservative reach score because service quality, distance, workforce, disease burden or financial/logistical barriers remain material.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. Housing capacity exists, but adequacy, affordability, resilience and geographic reach remain uneven; shelter remains substantially money- and location-gated.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. The live review treats labour-market access as only one part of time abundance: paid employment and income remain the main route to essentials, so employment is not counted as returned family time by itself.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. Public institutions and legal systems provide real capacity, but access friction, security conditions, administrative burden and unequal ability to navigate institutions justify a conservative justice/safety score.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. Physical land and productive-ground capacity can be large even where ordinary families face tenure, purchase, lease, regulatory or location barriers. The score separates land existence from secure usable access.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. The country has important living-ground assets, but resilience is reduced where climate shocks, habitat loss, land degradation, pollution or infrastructure pressure weaken ecological function.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. Transport infrastructure creates national and regional movement capacity, but distance, road quality, cost, reliability and last-mile access still consume household time and money.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. Nature, culture and public life create real potential for delight, but safety, poverty, climate stress, service burden or unequal access keep everyday peace of mind from being assumed nationally.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Malawi faces deep poverty, food insecurity, limited electrification and major WASH/service gaps. The World Bank and UN agencies document large infrastructure and human-capital needs even as national programmes expand access. Water and sanitation systems are expanding, but the cited WASH evidence shows that safe, reliable service does not yet reach everyone equally; climate, distance or infrastructure gaps remain material.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #198 to #203 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#198 → #203National score— → —
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #195 to #198 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#195 → #198National score— → —
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #86 to #195 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#86 → #195National score— → —
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
The headline TBF Abundance Score changed after the underlying published country dataset changed.
TBF points-72.09 → -72.43
Earlier score events did not preserve an exact category-by-category diff. Review detailed category change events recorded after the new history audit was activated.
Recovered scorecard-history timestamp for when this profile entered the public Abundance table.
Recovered project-history clock for this country dataset/research package. Rank movement is recorded separately and does not rewrite this time.
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