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Malawi: Real GDP

Millions of local currency · 1904–2025 · 114 observations · forecasts to 2031 · rGDP

2025
6.08 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2024
+1.9%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+2.8%a year
In US dollars, 2025
$10.9 billionUS dollars

Real GDP

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
20317,143,220Forecast
20306,935,165Forecast
20296,733,170Forecast
20286,544,175Forecast
20276,370,951Forecast
20266,219,674Forecast
20256,084,199
20245,971,623
20235,873,336
20225,761,237
20215,708,654
20205,459,781
20195,416,793
20185,123,871
20174,910,106
20164,721,256

Sources

  • Broadberry & Gardner1904–2008
  • Maddison Project Database1904–2022
  • Mitchell1954–2010
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • FAO1970–2023
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1980–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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