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Malawi: Central government revenue (% of GDP)

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

2025
20.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.5 pointsfrom 18.5%
Average, 2016–2025
16.0%10 years
Record high and low
31.1% (1994)low 9.46% (1963)

Central government revenue (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202520.0
202418.5
202316.3
202214.3
202114.6
202014.8
201914.6
201814.6
201716.7
201615.7

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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