Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Malawi's gdp annual growth rate stands at 1.89% as of 2025-12-31, up from 1.67% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1961 to 2025 (65 observations).
In 2025, Malawi's gdp annual growth rate was 1.89%, up from 1.67% in 2024.
In 2024, Malawi's gdp annual growth rate was 1.67%, down from 1.95% in 2023.
In 2023, Malawi's gdp annual growth rate was 1.95%, up from 0.9211% in 2022.
In 2022, Malawi's gdp annual growth rate was 0.9211%, down from 4.56% in 2021.
In 2021, Malawi's gdp annual growth rate was 4.56%, up from 0.7936% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.89% | +0.2118% |
| 2024 | 1.67% | -0.2723% |
| 2023 | 1.95% | +1.02% |
| 2022 | 0.9211% | -3.64% |
| 2021 | 4.56% | +3.76% |
| 2020 | 0.7936% | -4.92% |
| 2019 | 5.72% | +1.36% |
| 2018 | 4.35% | +0.3536% |
| 2017 | 4% | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 2.5% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 2.8% | -2.83% |
| 2014 | 5.63% | +0.2149% |
| 2013 | 5.41% | +3.51% |
| 2012 | 1.9% | -3.03% |
| 2011 | 4.93% | -1.94% |
| 2010 | 6.87% | -1.45% |
| 2009 | 8.33% | +0.6884% |
| 2008 | 7.64% | -1.96% |
| 2007 | 9.6% | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 4.7% | +1.43% |
| 2005 | 3.27% | -2.15% |
| 2004 | 5.42% | -0.2851% |
| 2003 | 5.71% | +4.01% |
| 2002 | 1.7% | +6.67% |
| 2001 | -4.97% | -6.55% |
| 2000 | 1.58% | -1.47% |
| 1999 | 3.04% | -0.853% |
| 1998 | 3.9% | +0.1028% |
| 1997 | 3.79% | -3.52% |
| 1996 | 7.32% | -9.41% |
| 1995 | 16.73% | +26.97% |
| 1994 | -10.24% | -19.93% |
| 1993 | 9.69% | +17.02% |
| 1992 | -7.33% | -16.06% |
| 1991 | 8.73% | +3.04% |
| 1990 | 5.69% | +4.35% |
| 1989 | 1.34% | -1.83% |
| 1988 | 3.18% | +1.55% |
| 1987 | 1.63% | +1.84% |
| 1986 | -0.2148% | -4.79% |
| 1985 | 4.57% | -0.7893% |
| 1984 | 5.36% | +1.64% |
| 1983 | 3.72% | +1.22% |
| 1982 | 2.5% | +7.79% |
| 1981 | -5.29% | -5.7% |
| 1980 | 0.4067% | -3.99% |
| 1979 | 4.4% | -5.35% |
| 1978 | 9.75% | +4.83% |
| 1977 | 4.92% | -0.0797% |
| 1976 | 5% | -1.09% |
| 1975 | 6.09% | -1.09% |
| 1974 | 7.18% | +4.88% |
| 1973 | 2.3% | -3.93% |
| 1972 | 6.23% | -9.99% |
| 1971 | 16.22% | +15.74% |
| 1970 | 0.4793% | -5.4% |
| 1969 | 5.88% | +7.81% |
| 1968 | -1.92% | -9.2% |
| 1967 | 7.28% | -5.97% |
| 1966 | 13.25% | -0.3675% |
| 1965 | 13.62% | +10.96% |
| 1964 | 2.66% | +4.05% |
| 1963 | -1.39% | -2.06% |
| 1962 | 0.6684% | -6.97% |
| 1961 | 7.64% | — |
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Malawi's gdp annual growth rate is 1.89% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 1.67% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 16.73% (1995); the lowest is -10.24% (1994), across data from 1961 to 2025.
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