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The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Malawi's gdp annual growth rate stands at 2.56% as of 2025-12-31, down from 2.58% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1961 to 2025 (65 observations).
In 2025, Malawi's gdp annual growth rate was 2.56%, down from 2.58% in 2024.
In 2024, Malawi's gdp annual growth rate was 2.58%, up from 2.57% in 2023.
In 2023, Malawi's gdp annual growth rate was 2.57%, up from 2.57% in 2022.
In 2022, Malawi's gdp annual growth rate was 2.57%, down from 2.59% in 2021.
In 2021, Malawi's gdp annual growth rate was 2.59%, down from 2.64% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.56% | -0.0196% |
| 2024 | 2.58% | +0.0051% |
| 2023 | 2.57% | +0.0034% |
| 2022 | 2.57% | -0.0262% |
| 2021 | 2.59% | -0.0416% |
| 2020 | 2.64% | -0.0149% |
| 2019 | 2.65% | -0.0206% |
| 2018 | 2.67% | -0.0369% |
| 2017 | 2.71% | -0.0179% |
| 2016 | 2.73% | -0.0276% |
| 2015 | 2.75% | -0.0512% |
| 2014 | 2.8% | -0.0333% |
| 2013 | 2.84% | -0.0326% |
| 2012 | 2.87% | -0.0444% |
| 2011 | 2.92% | -0.0328% |
| 2010 | 2.95% | -0.0086% |
| 2009 | 2.96% | +0.0522% |
| 2008 | 2.9% | +0.0832% |
| 2007 | 2.82% | +0.066% |
| 2006 | 2.76% | +0.0771% |
| 2005 | 2.68% | +0.0917% |
| 2004 | 2.59% | +0.0832% |
| 2003 | 2.5% | +0.0544% |
| 2002 | 2.45% | +0.0293% |
| 2001 | 2.42% | +0.0213% |
| 2000 | 2.4% | +0.0635% |
| 1999 | 2.33% | +0.1725% |
| 1998 | 2.16% | +0.1556% |
| 1997 | 2.01% | +0.0348% |
| 1996 | 1.97% | +2.12% |
| 1995 | -0.1455% | +1.02% |
| 1994 | -1.17% | -2.62% |
| 1993 | 1.46% | -1.45% |
| 1992 | 2.91% | -0.1661% |
| 1991 | 3.08% | -0.8713% |
| 1990 | 3.95% | -0.7698% |
| 1989 | 4.72% | -0.6805% |
| 1988 | 5.4% | +0.6244% |
| 1987 | 4.78% | +1.09% |
| 1986 | 3.68% | -0.1645% |
| 1985 | 3.85% | -0.0605% |
| 1984 | 3.91% | -0.0369% |
| 1983 | 3.95% | -0.0023% |
| 1982 | 3.95% | +0.0214% |
| 1981 | 3.93% | +0.0744% |
| 1980 | 3.85% | +0.1587% |
| 1979 | 3.69% | +0.2772% |
| 1978 | 3.42% | +0.3127% |
| 1977 | 3.1% | +0.1957% |
| 1976 | 2.91% | +0.1073% |
| 1975 | 2.8% | +0.0919% |
| 1974 | 2.71% | +0.0875% |
| 1973 | 2.62% | +0.0647% |
| 1972 | 2.56% | +0.0528% |
| 1971 | 2.5% | +0.0404% |
| 1970 | 2.46% | -0.0026% |
| 1969 | 2.47% | -0.0138% |
| 1968 | 2.48% | +0.0074% |
| 1967 | 2.47% | +0.0183% |
| 1966 | 2.45% | +0.0113% |
| 1965 | 2.44% | -0.0085% |
| 1964 | 2.45% | +0.0067% |
| 1963 | 2.44% | +0.031% |
| 1962 | 2.41% | +0.0333% |
| 1961 | 2.38% | — |
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Malawi's gdp annual growth rate is 2.56% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 2.58% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 5.4% (1988); the lowest is -1.17% (1994), across data from 1961 to 2025.
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