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Malawi: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1954–2025 · 72 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
−9.86%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.7 pointsfrom −10.6%
Average, 2016–2025
−7.20%10 years
Record high and low
7.41% (1956)low −17.2% (1994)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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-20%-15%-10%-5%0%5%10%1960197019801990200020102020MalawiMalawi
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2025-9.86
2024-10.6
2023-10.1
2022-8.86
2021-7.38
2020-6.62
2019-4.59
2018-5.47
2017-3.59
2016-4.94

Sources

  • Mitchell1954–1993
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • World Development Indicators2009–2024

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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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