| Table 3: Distribution of sources of credit by region | |||||||||||||
| Sources of Credit (%) | |||||||||||||
| Region | Money Lender | Lending Institution | Loan from Relatives | Transfers from Abroad | None | Other1 | |||||||
| Malawi | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Southern Region | 38.9 | 38.4 | 53.2 | 28.6 | 42.8 | 66.0 | |||||||
| Central Region | 48.6 | 44.0 | 41.9 | 42.9 | 43.5 | 30.2 | |||||||
| Northern Region | 12.5 | 17.6 | 4.8 | 28.6 | 13.6 | 3.8 | |||||||
| 1 other includes pension/gratuity; compensation; farm proceeds, gifts, loan from company other lending institutions and loan from government. | |||||||||||||