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Malawi: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2002–2025 · 24 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2025
−11.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.5 pointsfrom −11.0%
Average, 2016–2025
−7.50%10 years
Record high and low
0.625% (2010)low −11.5% (2025)

General government deficit (% of GDP)

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-12%-10%-8%-6%-4%-2%0%2%200520102015202020252030MalawiMalawi
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-11.3Forecast
2030-11.5Forecast
2029-11.5Forecast
2028-11.4Forecast
2027-12.0Forecast
2026-10.5Forecast
2025-11.5
2024-11.0
2023-7.84
2022-9.32
2021-8.34
2020-8.03
2019-4.55
2018-4.35
2017-5.15
2016-4.90

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook2002–2025
  • 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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