Malawi's GDP (current LCU) was 26.12 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 467.05% from 4.61 trillion in 2015 (18.95% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 26.12 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 8.82 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 4.61 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | 26.12 trillion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 1.46 billion | 1980 |
| Average since 2016 | 11.96 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 1.46 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Malawi's GDP (current LCU) rose 32.8% on 2024 (from 19.66 trillion to 26.12 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +28.8% and a typical year strayed about 25% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 116.3% in 2002. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.99 trillion a year. A straight line explains 84% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Malawi had the 42nd highest value of the 186 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Malawi in the 2025 ranking
- Sri Lanka — 38th of 186: 32.75 trillion
- United States — 39th of 186: 30.77 trillion
- Philippines — 40th of 186: 28.01 trillion
- Rwanda — 42nd of 186: 23.39 trillion
- Senegal — 43rd of 186: 21.54 trillion
- Thailand — 44th of 186: 18.97 trillion
What this measures
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 46 values
| Year | GDP (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 26,118,872,000,000 |
| 2024 | 19,664,047,500,000 |
| 2023 | 15,516,481,579,700 |
| 2022 | 11,795,662,816,400 |
| 2021 | 9,975,521,930,200 |
| 2020 | 8,821,424,127,100 |
| 2019 | 8,239,605,654,000 |
| 2018 | 7,234,882,369,500 |
| 2017 | 6,531,224,085,000 |
| 2016 | 5,679,325,217,400 |
GDP (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 129.26 trillion (2025)
- Benin — 14.3 trillion (2025)
- Botswana — 269.08 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 16.08 trillion (2025)
- Burundi — 17.95 trillion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 299.13 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 34.3 trillion (2025)
- Central African Republic — 1.78 trillion (2025)
- Chad — 12.5 trillion (2025)
- Comoros — 791.98 billion (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 243.66 trillion (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — 9.49 trillion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Malawi
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$) — US$6.68 billion (2025)
- Services, value added (constant LCU) — 4.34 trillion (2025)
- Gross Value Added (GVA) at basic prices (constant 2015 US$) — US$11.42 billion (2025)
- Gross Value Added (GVA) at basic prices (constant LCU) — 7.6 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$12.18 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 8.09 trillion (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$548.16 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 364,283 (2025)
- Services, value added (annual % growth) — 2.15% (2025)
- GDP (annual % growth) — 1.89% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Malawi's GDP (current LCU)?
- 26.12 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1980?
- It is up 1.79 million% from 1.46 billion in 1980 (24.3% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 26.12 trillion in 2025 and the lowest 1.46 billion in 1980.
- How does Malawi rank?
- 42nd highest of 186 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in GDP (current LCU) unusual for Malawi?
- In 2025, Malawi's GDP (current LCU) rose 32.8% on 2024 (from 19.66 trillion to 26.12 trillion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +28.8% and a typical year strayed about 25% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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