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Malawi: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

2025
29.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.8 pointsfrom 29.1%
Average, 2016–2025
23.2%10 years
Record high and low
48.3% (1994)low 6.91% (1954)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202529.9
202429.1
202326.4
202223.2
202122.0
202021.4
201919.2
201820.1
201720.3
201620.7

Sources

  • Mitchell1954–1993
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • World Development Indicators2009–2022

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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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