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Malawi: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2024 · 54 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
74.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−11.7 pointsfrom 86.1%
Average, 2015–2024
55.1%10 years
Record high and low
101.5% (2002)low 15.8% (1971)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202474.4
202386.1
202275.5
202166.5
202053.9
201941.2
201840.8
201740.0
201637.1
201535.5

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1971–1990
  • World Development Indicators2009–2023

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Malawi documentation (PDF)

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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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