Diplomatic briefing
High Commission of India, Lilongwe
High CommissionMalawi · High Commissioner: Mr. Amararam Gujar
10 figures · 2 sources · built 2 hours ago
In short
India’s high commission in Malawi records bilateral trade of $170.6m, a reported community of 17,500, 14 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 65%. Led by Mr. Amararam Gujar, high commissioner.
Total bilateral trade
$170.6m
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 2 hours ago
Bilateral Brief — Malawi
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Commercial Relations” section
“The bilateral trade between India and Malawi for 2024-25 stands at approx. US$ 170.64 million.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence17,500
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Malawi"
“PIOs 8,500 + NRIs 9,000 = 17,500”
Published: undated · Read: 7 October 2026
MEA publishes no methodology for these estimates and told a Parliamentary committee it holds "no authentic data". The page also repeats some countries from an older vintage with the PIO/NRI columns swapped; the first occurrence is used here. This country appears 2× on the page.
Agreements on record
Medium confidence14
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 2 hours ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 29 September 2025)
“MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING MADE AND ENTERED INTO BY AND BETWEEN INDIAN COUNCIL FOR CULTURAL RELATIONS AND UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ICCR CHAIR OF INDIAN STUDIES — 29 September 2025”
Published: 29 September 2025 · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA states it cannot vouch for the accuracy or completeness of this database. It carries no status field, so "in force" cannot be derived from it — only that an agreement is on record.
UN votes matching India’s
65%
share of UNGA votes matching India’s · UNGA session 78
Source· retrieved 12 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “Malawi”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 69 votes
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
UN General Assembly Voting Data (v39), non-commercial licence. The share is the dataset’s own IndiaAgree column — roll-call votes on which this country and India voted the same way, as the dataset defines agreement — not our calculation. Independent of MEA.
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The relationship, in figures
Trade
Exports to MalawiUS dollars · as stated in the brief$94.6m
Bilateral Brief — Malawi
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Commercial Relations” section
“The Indian exports to Malawi stood at US$ 94.56 million while the exports from Malawi to India stood at US$ 76.08 million.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Imports from MalawiUS dollars · as stated in the brief$76.1m
Bilateral Brief — Malawi
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Commercial Relations” section
“The Indian exports to Malawi stood at US$ 94.56 million while the exports from Malawi to India stood at US$ 76.08 million.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Trade balance in India’s favourUS dollars · as stated in the brief · our calculation$18.5m
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in USD)
exports − imports
People
Indian community in Malawipersons · as stated in the brief17,500
Bilateral Brief — Malawi
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Indian Community” section
“Currently Malawi hosts about 17,500 strong Indian diaspora including 8,500 PIOs, majority of PIOs are from Gujarat.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
MEA’s bilateral brief states the same figure.
Diplomacy
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2026
Bilateral Brief — Malawi
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Cooperation in Mining” section
“Dr Jean Mathanga, Minister of Energy and Mining, Government of Malawi visited New Delhi to participate in Bharat Electricity Summit (BES) from March 19-22, 2026 and met Secretary (Mines) Government of India to discuss the possible collaboration in mining sector.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Agreements on record (14)
MEA Treaties Database- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING MADE AND ENTERED INTO BY AND BETWEEN INDIAN COUNCIL FOR CULTURAL RELATIONS AND UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ICCR CHAIR OF INDIAN STUDIESCultural Relations and Sport29 September 2025
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND MINISTRY OF YOUTH & SPORTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALAWI ON SPORTS COOPERATIONCultural Relations and Sport18 October 2024
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF MALAWI AND THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA ON CO-OPERATION IN THE FIELD OF ARTS AND CULTUREMiscellaneous18 October 2024
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALAWI AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA FOR COOPERATION ON YOUTH MATTERSMiscellaneous18 October 2024
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALAWI ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF TRADE OF TUR (ARHAR DAL OR PIGEON PEAS)Business and Trade16 June 2021
- MOU ESTABLISHING COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF ATOMIC ENERGY FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES BETWEEN INDIA AND MALAWIEnvironment and Resources05 November 2018
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND MALAWI ON EXEMPTION FROM VISA REQUIREMENT FOR HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC AND OFFICIAL PASSPORTSDiplomatic Relations05 November 2018
- EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN INDIA AND MALAWICivil and Criminal Matters05 November 2018
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND MALAWI ON COPERATION IN THE FIELD OF HEALTH AND MEDICINEHealth03 November 2010
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND MALAWI ON COOPERATION IN FIELD OF MINERAL RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENTAid and Cooperation03 November 2010
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND MALAWI ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF RURAL COOPERATIONAid and Cooperation03 November 2010
- GENERAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND MALAWIAid and Cooperation03 November 2010
- PROTOCOLS FOR CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN INDIA AND MALAWIAid and Cooperation08 January 2010
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND MALAWI ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELDS OF AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED SECTORSAid and Cooperation08 January 2010
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 15 sections, 16,999 characters of extractable text. Sections include: BILATERAL RELATIONS · (ii) · (iii) · (iv) · From Malawi : · Business.
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