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Malawi: Consumer price index

Index, 2015 = 100 · 1968–2025 · 58 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CPI

2025
524.0index, 2015 = 100
Change on 2024
+28.4%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+18.0%a year

Consumer price index

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ForecastIndex, 2015 = 100

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Recent values

Index, 2015 = 100

YearValue
20311,562Forecast
20301,342Forecast
20291,141Forecast
2028962.0Forecast
2027795.5Forecast
2026651.8Forecast
2025524.0
2024408.2
2023308.8
2022239.8
2021198.2
2020181.3
2019166.9
2018152.6
2017135.8
2016121.7

Sources

  • Mitchell1968–2009
  • World Bank (inflation)1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1980–1996
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1980–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • World Development Indicators1980–2025
  • Clio Infra1981–2010
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1987–2022
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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