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Malawi: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1954–2025 · 72 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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
48.3% (1994)low 6.91% (1954)

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

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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