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Malawi: Government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1954–2025 · 72 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govrev_GDP

2025
19.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.6 pointsfrom 18.5%
Average, 2016–2025
16.3%10 years
Record high and low
31.1% (1994)low 9.37% (2002)

Government revenue (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203117.4Forecast
203017.5Forecast
202917.7Forecast
202818.4Forecast
202718.7Forecast
202618.6Forecast
202519.1
202418.5
202317.6
202217.4
202115.3
202014.7
201914.8
201815.0
201715.8
201614.8

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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