Cameroon vs Malawi: GDP per capita

Cameroon
1.15 million current LCU
in 2025
Malawi
1.18 million current LCU
in 2025
Cameroon rank
46th
Malawi rank
45th

GDP per capita over time

  • Cameroon
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 1.18 million current LCU against 1.15 million current LCU in Cameroon, a difference of 27,890 current LCU.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 46 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Cameroon ahead.

Globally, Cameroon ranks 46th and Malawi ranks 45th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
GDP per capita (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
213 places, 11,862 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.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.