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GDP growth in Malawi
% · 2025 · from World Bank World Development Indicators, via economicdata.dev
1.9%in 2025
- +0.2 pts over 1 year, +1.1 pts over 5, −0.9 pts over 10
- 3rd quartile among countries: 135 of 185 with a 2025 figure (1 is the highest value)
- World: 2.9% the same year
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| Year | Malawi | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.9% | 2.9% |
| 2024 | 1.7% | 2.9% |
| 2023 | 1.9% | 2.9% |
| 2022 | 0.9% | 3.4% |
| 2021 | 4.6% | 6.5% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 5.7% | 2.7% |
| 2018 | 4.4% | 3.3% |
| 2017 | 4.0% | 3.4% |
| 2016 | 2.5% | 2.8% |
| 2015 | 2.8% | 3.1% |
| 2014 | 5.6% | 3.2% |
| 2013 | 5.4% | 2.9% |
| 2012 | 1.9% | 2.7% |
| 2011 | 4.9% | 3.3% |
| 2010 | 6.9% | 4.5% |
| 2009 | 8.3% | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 7.6% | 2.1% |
| 2007 | 9.6% | 4.4% |
| 2006 | 4.7% | 4.5% |
| 2005 | 3.3% | 4.1% |
| 2004 | 5.4% | 4.5% |
| 2003 | 5.7% | 3.1% |
| 2002 | 1.7% | 2.3% |
| 2001 | -5.0% | 2.0% |
| 2000 | 1.6% | 4.6% |
| 1999 | 3.0% | 3.6% |
| 1998 | 3.9% | 2.8% |
| 1997 | 3.8% | 4.0% |
| 1996 | 7.3% | 3.6% |
| 1995 | 16.7% | 3.2% |
| 1994 | -10.2% | 3.4% |
| 1993 | 9.7% | 1.9% |
| 1992 | -7.3% | 2.1% |
| 1991 | 8.7% | 1.2% |
| 1990 | 5.7% | 2.7% |
| 1989 | 1.3% | 3.6% |
| 1988 | 3.2% | 4.5% |
| 1987 | 1.6% | 3.8% |
| 1986 | -0.2% | 3.3% |
| 1985 | 4.6% | 3.7% |
| 1984 | 5.4% | 4.7% |
| 1983 | 3.7% | 2.6% |
| 1982 | 2.5% | 0.4% |
| 1981 | -5.3% | 1.9% |
| 1980 | 0.4% | 1.8% |
| 1979 | 4.4% | 4.1% |
| 1978 | 9.7% | 4.1% |
| 1977 | 4.9% | 3.9% |
| 1976 | 5.0% | 5.2% |
| 1975 | 6.1% | 0.8% |
| 1974 | 7.2% | 2.0% |
| 1973 | 2.3% | 6.5% |
| 1972 | 6.2% | 5.5% |
| 1971 | 16.2% | 4.1% |
| 1970 | 0.5% | 3.8% |
| 1969 | 5.9% | 6.0% |
| 1968 | -1.9% | 5.9% |
| 1967 | 7.3% | 3.7% |
| 1966 | 13.2% | 5.4% |
| 1965 | 13.6% | 5.6% |
| 1964 | 2.7% | 6.6% |
| 1963 | -1.4% | 5.0% |
| 1962 | 0.7% | 5.3% |
| 1961 | 7.6% | 3.9% |
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- Guyana 19.3%
- Libya 13.4%
- Ireland 12.3%
- Kyrgyzstan 11.1%
- Ethiopia 9.8%
- Rwanda 9.4%
- Tajikistan 8.4%
- Zimbabwe 8.1%
- Benin 8.1%
- Vietnam 8.0%
- Bhutan 8.0%
- Uzbekistan 7.7%
- India 7.6%
- Georgia 7.5%
- Guinea 7.4%
- Armenia 7.2%
- Niger 7.0%
- Timor-Leste 7.0%
- Mongolia 6.8%
- Senegal 6.7%
- Paraguay 6.6%
- Kazakhstan 6.5%
- Côte d’Ivoire 6.5%
- Djibouti 6.5%
- Uganda 6.3%
- Maldives 6.3%
- Togo 6.3%
- Turkmenistan 6.3%
- Cape Verde 6.3%
- Palau 6.3%
- Ghana 6.0%
- Gambia 5.9%
- Tanzania 5.9%
- Guinea-Bissau 5.8%
- Seychelles 5.8%
- Congo - Kinshasa 5.8%
- Papua New Guinea 5.6%
- Mali 5.6%
- Chad 5.6%
- Cambodia 5.3%
- Burkina Faso 5.3%
- Malaysia 5.2%
- Indonesia 5.1%
- Singapore 5.0%
- Liberia 5.0%
- Antigua & Barbuda 5.0%
- China 5.0%
- Sri Lanka 5.0%
- Nicaragua 4.9%
- Macao SAR China 4.7%
- Kenya 4.6%
- Sierra Leone 4.6%
- Morocco 4.6%
- Costa Rica 4.6%
- Laos 4.5%
- Saudi Arabia 4.5%
- Central African Republic 4.5%
- Nepal 4.4%
- Grenada 4.4%
- Philippines 4.4%
- Egypt 4.4%
- Argentina 4.4%
- Panama 4.4%
- Palestinian Territories 4.3%
- Guatemala 4.3%
- Burundi 4.2%
- Kiribati 4.2%
- Samoa 4.2%
- Eswatini 4.2%
- Mauritania 4.0%
- Nigeria 4.0%
- Malta 4.0%
- El Salvador 3.9%
- Andorra 3.9%
- Algeria 3.8%
- Albania 3.8%
- Cyprus 3.8%
- Zambia 3.8%
- Comoros 3.8%
- Honduras 3.8%
- Ecuador 3.7%
- Pakistan 3.7%
- Solomon Islands 3.6%
- Türkiye 3.6%
- Poland 3.6%
- Bangladesh 3.5%
- Hong Kong SAR China 3.5%
- North Macedonia 3.5%
- Bahrain 3.5%
- Peru 3.4%
- Croatia 3.4%
- Sint Maarten 3.4%
- St. Vincent & Grenadines 3.4%
- Cameroon 3.2%
- Fiji 3.2%
- Mauritius 3.2%
- Angola 3.1%
- Bulgaria 3.1%
- Congo - Brazzaville 3.1%
- Sudan 3.1%
- Vanuatu 3.1%
- Dominica 3.1%
- Madagascar 3.0%
- Somalia 3.0%
- Israel 2.9%
- Denmark 2.9%
- Lithuania 2.9%
- Qatar 2.9%
- Jordan 2.8%
- Spain 2.8%
- Tonga 2.8%
- Belize 2.7%
- Montenegro 2.7%
- Kuwait 2.7%
- Barbados 2.7%
- St. Kitts & Nevis 2.7%
- Colombia 2.6%
- Czechia 2.6%
- Tunisia 2.5%
- Gabon 2.5%
- Chile 2.5%
- Thailand 2.4%
- Moldova 2.4%
- Oman 2.4%
- Brazil 2.3%
- Marshall Islands 2.3%
- United States 2.2%
- Nauru 2.1%
- Latvia 2.1%
- Bosnia & Herzegovina 2.1%
- Dominican Republic 2.1%
- Greece 2.1%
- Serbia 2.0%
- Lesotho 2.0%
- Malawi 1.9%
- Portugal 1.9%
- Ukraine 1.8%
- Suriname 1.8%
- Uruguay 1.8%
- Netherlands 1.8%
- Canada 1.7%
- Namibia 1.7%
- Tuvalu 1.6%
- Venezuela 1.6%
- Sweden 1.5%
- Azerbaijan 1.4%
- United Kingdom 1.4%
- Australia 1.4%
- Switzerland 1.3%
- Belarus 1.3%
- Iceland 1.3%
- Japan 1.2%
- South Africa 1.1%
- Norway 1.1%
- Micronesia 1.1%
- Slovenia 1.1%
- São Tomé & Príncipe 1.0%
- South Korea 1.0%
- Russia 1.0%
- Belgium 1.0%
- France 0.8%
- Slovakia 0.8%
- Romania 0.7%
- Brunei 0.7%
- Luxembourg 0.6%
- Austria 0.6%
- Estonia 0.6%
- Mexico 0.6%
- Italy 0.5%
- Hungary 0.5%
- New Zealand 0.5%
- Puerto Rico 0.3%
- Germany 0.2%
- Finland 0.2%
- Jamaica 0.1%
- Mozambique -0.5%
- St. Lucia -0.6%
- Botswana -0.7%
- Trinidad & Tobago -0.8%
- Bolivia -1.6%
- Myanmar (Burma) -2.0%
- Iraq -2.2%
- Haiti -2.7%
- Iran -2.8%
- Equatorial Guinea -5.8%
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