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Malawi: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

2025
30.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.1 pointsfrom 29.5%
Average, 2016–2025
23.8%10 years
Record high and low
30.6% (2025)low 13.8% (2002)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203128.7Forecast
203029.0Forecast
202929.2Forecast
202829.8Forecast
202730.7Forecast
202629.1Forecast
202530.6
202429.5
202325.5
202226.7
202123.7
202022.7
201919.3
201819.4
201721.0
201619.7

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook2002–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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