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)
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Percent of GDP
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | -11.3 | Forecast |
| 2030 | -11.5 | Forecast |
| 2029 | -11.5 | Forecast |
| 2028 | -11.4 | Forecast |
| 2027 | -12.0 | Forecast |
| 2026 | -10.5 | Forecast |
| 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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