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Malawi: Government debt (% of GDP)

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

Government debt (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent 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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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