LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Eastern Africa

Malawi

342 recorded engagements by Malawi's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 1990–2025.

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342Engagements
341Visits
0Phone calls
1Video conferences
31Signed agreements
55Destination countries
11Officials recorded
172Multilateral summits

LEAD records 31 signed agreements for Malawi; registered users can browse them in the Agreements register.

At a glance

Between 1990 and 2025, Malawi's leaders recorded 342 engagements: 341 in-person visits, 0 phone calls and 1 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2000, with 21 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (38 engagements), followed by Zambia and South Africa. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 97% of engagements. 31 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 172 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Bakili Muluzi (President), with 101 engagements between 1994 and 2004.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for Malawi, 1990–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

1990: 1 engagement1991: 2 engagements1992: 0 engagements1993: 1 engagement1994: 9 engagements1995: 6 engagements1996: 5 engagements1997: 8 engagements1998: 7 engagements1999: 11 engagements2000: 21 engagements2001: 13 engagements2002: 8 engagements2003: 17 engagements2004: 10 engagements2005: 10 engagements2006: 10 engagements2007: 16 engagements2008: 8 engagements2009: 7 engagements2010: 20 engagements2011: 14 engagements2012: 13 engagements2013: 21 engagements2014: 7 engagements2015: 13 engagements2016: 3 engagements2017: 5 engagements2018: 5 engagements2019: 4 engagements2020: 7 engagements2021: 13 engagements2022: 14 engagements2023: 14 engagements2024: 14 engagements2025: 5 engagements19901995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America38
  • Zambia29
  • South Africa28
  • Mozambique27
  • Zimbabwe20
  • Tanzania19
  • Ethiopia14
  • United Kingdom13
  • Egypt10
  • Kenya10
  • Botswana9
  • Nigeria9

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations333
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs171
  • Trade and Economic Relations86
  • 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.22976211 [Malawi country profile. Accessed 22 October 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 2026-10-22 and describe outbound engagements by Malawi's own officials.