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Malawi: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2025 · 56 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2025
78.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−9.3 pointsfrom 87.6%
Average, 2016–2025
60.8%10 years
Record high and low
134.0% (1994)low 17.9% (2006)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203168.2Forecast
203067.7Forecast
202968.8Forecast
202870.2Forecast
202772.6Forecast
202674.5Forecast
202578.4
202487.6
202386.7
202275.7
202166.5
202053.9
201941.2
201840.8
201740.0
201637.1

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1970–2015
  • IMF World Economic Outlook2002–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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