LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Malawi

68 recorded engagements by Malawi's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 1994–2025.

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68Engagements
67Visits
0Phone calls
1Video conferences
2Signed agreements
18Destination countries
10Officials recorded
50Multilateral summits

At a glance

Between 1994 and 2025, Malawi's leaders recorded 68 engagements: 67 in-person visits, 0 phone calls and 1 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2010, with 5 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (34 engagements), followed by China and Zimbabwe. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 87% of engagements. 2 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 50 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Bingu wa Mutharika (President), with 15 engagements between 2004 and 2012.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for Malawi, 1994–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

1994: 3 engagements1995: 1 engagement1996: 2 engagements1997: 2 engagements1998: 2 engagements1999: 4 engagements2000: 2 engagements2001: 2 engagements2002: 1 engagement2003: 2 engagements2004: 2 engagements2005: 2 engagements2006: 1 engagement2007: 1 engagement2008: 2 engagements2009: 1 engagement2010: 5 engagements2011: 1 engagement2012: 3 engagements2013: 3 engagements2014: 2 engagements2015: 3 engagements2016: 2 engagements2017: 1 engagement2018: 2 engagements2019: 1 engagement2020: 1 engagement2021: 2 engagements2022: 4 engagements2023: 4 engagements2024: 3 engagements2025: 1 engagement19941995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America34
  • China6
  • Zimbabwe4
  • Tanzania3
  • Taiwan3
  • South Africa3
  • Egypt2
  • Mozambique2
  • Zambia2
  • Libya1
  • Ethiopia1
  • Uganda1

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations59
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs49
  • Trade and Economic Relations33
  • Development and Aid21
  • Security and Defense5
  • Infrastructure and Connectivity3
  • Health1
  • Energy1
  • Environment and Climate Change1

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22255254 [Malawi country profile. Accessed 2 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/country/malawi.html]

Every part of the site quotes this same reference; other formats (MLA, Chicago, Harvard, BibTeX) are on the About page, which also describes the coding rules and sources. Figures here were generated from the dataset on 2026-09-02 and describe outbound engagements by Malawi's own officials.