Malawi's net errors and omissions (current US$, BoP) was US$450.75 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 212.09% from US$144.43 million in 2015 (12.05% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$450.75 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$262.68 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$144.43 million | 2015 |
| Highest | US$533.06 million | 2021 |
| Lowest | −US$421.36 million | 1998 |
| Average since 2016 | US$250.8 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$42.31 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Malawi's net errors and omissions (current US$, BoP) rose US$174.06 million on 2024 (from US$276.69 million to US$450.75 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +US$8.93 million and a typical year strayed about US$265.28 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 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 US$454.28 million in 2017 and the biggest yearly fall was US$561.27 million in 1998. 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 US$45.35 million a year. A straight line explains 37% 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 41st highest value of the 136 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
- Timor-Leste — 38th of 136: US$518.76 million
- Honduras — 39th of 136: US$473.21 million
- West Bank and Gaza — 40th of 136: US$461.79 million
- Belarus — 42nd of 136: US$443.33 million
- Tunisia — 43rd of 136: US$411.46 million
- Romania — 44th of 136: US$388.11 million
What this measures
Net errors and omissions constitute a residual category needed to ensure that accounts in the balance of payments statement sum to zero. Net errors and omissions are derived as the balance on the financial account minus the balances on the current and capital accounts. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
All 49 values
| Year | Net errors and omissions (current US$, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 450,749,227 |
| 2024 | 276,690,196 |
| 2023 | 310,088,893 |
| 2022 | 433,865,017 |
| 2021 | 533,064,942 |
| 2020 | 262,682,041 |
| 2019 | -140,217,376 |
| 2018 | 180,329,535 |
| 2017 | 327,506,066 |
| 2016 | -126,777,558 |
| 2015 |
Net errors and omissions (current US$, BoP) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$886.24 million (2025)
- Benin — US$3.83 million (2023)
- Botswana — −US$83.25 million (2025)
- Burkina Faso — −US$8.15 million (2024)
- Burundi — −US$80.21 million (2025)
- Cabo Verde — −US$49.76 million (2025)
- Cameroon — US$9.06 million (2024)
- Comoros — −US$2.34 million (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — US$778.4 million (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — −US$383.56 million (2021)
More economic policy & debt data for Malawi
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$) — 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$548.16 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 364,283 (2025)
- Services, value added (annual % growth) — 2.15% (2025)
- GDP (annual % growth) — 1.89% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Malawi's net errors and omissions (current US$, BoP)?
- US$450.75 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1977?
- It is up 965.43% from US$42.31 million in 1977 (5.05% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$533.06 million in 2021 and the lowest −US$421.36 million in 1998.
- How does Malawi rank?
- 41st highest of 136 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in net errors and omissions (current US$, BoP) unusual for Malawi?
- In 2025, Malawi's net errors and omissions (current US$, BoP) rose US$174.06 million on 2024 (from US$276.69 million to US$450.75 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +US$8.93 million and a typical year strayed about US$265.28 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 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 BN.KAC.EOMS.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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