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GDP growth in Malawi

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Malawi's gdp growth is 1.89 % — #83 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

1.89%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Malawi over time

9.60 %2.31 %-4.97 %9.60 % · 2007-4.97 % · 20012000: 1.58 %2001: -4.97 %2002: 1.70 %2003: 5.71 %2004: 5.42 %2005: 3.27 %2006: 4.70 %2007: 9.60 %2008: 7.64 %2009: 8.33 %2010: 6.87 %2011: 4.93 %2012: 1.90 %2013: 5.41 %2014: 5.63 %2015: 2.80 %2016: 2.50 %2017: 4.00 %2018: 4.35 %2019: 5.72 %2020: 0.79 %2021: 4.56 %2022: 0.92 %2023: 1.95 %2024: 1.67 %2025: 1.89 %2000201220251.89 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#83 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
35 %
44 of 127 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.21 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
7.71 pp
peak 9.60 % in 2007
Full series
▲ 0.31 pp
since 2000

In Africa: #17 of 21vs median 2.90 %: −1.02 pp (worse)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Malawi: ahead of 35 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthMalawi 1.89 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Malawi is ahead of 35 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Malawi
81 Dominican Republic2.12 %+0.23 pp
82 Greece2.07 %+0.19 pp
83 Malawi1.89 %—
84 Portugal1.86 %−0.02 pp
85 Ukraine1.82 %−0.06 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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