Malawi vs Rwanda: Gross national expenditure

Malawi

30.85 trillion current LCU

in 2025

Rwanda

26.56 trillion current LCU

in 2025

Malawi rank

39th

Rwanda rank

41st

Gross national expenditure over time

Malawi
Rwanda

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 30.85 trillion current LCU against 26.56 trillion current LCU in Rwanda, a difference of 4.29 trillion current LCU.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.2 times Rwanda's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 9 shared years of data; in 2017 it was Rwanda ahead.

Globally, Malawi ranks 39th and Rwanda ranks 41st of 185 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Gross national expenditure (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: 185 places, 8,556 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Gross national expenditure is the sum of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, and gross capital formation. 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.