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Malawi: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1977–2024 · 48 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2024
−18.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−3.0 pointsfrom −15.7%
Average, 2015–2024
−15.3%10 years
Record high and low
−0.172% (1998)low −25.1% (1979)

Current account (% of GDP)

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-30%-25%-20%-15%-10%-5%0%198019902000201020202030MalawiMalawi
ForecastPercent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of Current account (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-9.44Forecast
2030-9.97Forecast
2029-10.7Forecast
2028-11.6Forecast
2027-13.4Forecast
2026-15.4Forecast
2025-16.5Forecast
2024-18.8
2023-15.7
2022-18.3
2021-15.5
2020-13.9
2019-12.0
2018-17.3
2017-17.4
2016-12.7
2015-11.5

Sources

  • WDI (archive)1977–1994
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1980–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • World Development Indicators1980–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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