Madagascar vs Malawi: GDP per capita

Madagascar

1,606 international-$ in 2021 prices

in 2023

Malawi

1,748 international-$ in 2021 prices

in 2023

Madagascar rank

177th

Malawi rank

175th

GDP per capita over time

Madagascar
Malawi

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 1,748 international-$ in 2021 prices against 1,606 international-$ in 2021 prices in Madagascar, a difference of 141.89 international-$ in 2021 prices.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Madagascar ahead.

Globally, Madagascar ranks 177th and Malawi ranks 175th of 184 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: GDP per capita
Unit: international-$ in 2021 prices
Source: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 184 places, 10,907 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Average economic output per person in a country or region per year. This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.