Economy & Growth in Malawi

1,221 indicators covering economy & growth for Malawi.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Debt service as a proportion of exports of goods, services and 9.7% 2023 up 209.4% 40th
Beans, dry — Producer Price 982.6 USD 2017 up 17.5% 48th
2.5.1b Number of local breeds for which sufficient genetic resources 0 No 2025 31st
2.5.1b Number of transboundary breeds for which sufficient genetic 0 No 2025 30th
Bananas — Producer Price 446,034 LCU 2017 up 1,240.2% 13th
Beer as a share of total alcohol consumption 4.2% 2019 down 48.9% 182nd
Wine as a share of total alcohol consumption 0.8% 2019 up 224.4% 160th
Spirits as a share of total alcohol consumption 9.5% 2019 down 20.7% 157th
Daily cigarette consumption per smoker 10.8 2012 up 3.8% 149th
Tea leaves — Producer Price Index 177.85 2025 up 65.7% 11th
External debt stocks as a proportion of GNI 35.2% 2024 up 83.4% 85th
Central government debt, total 61.8% 2023 up 148.1% 31st
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price 222,889 LCU 2017 up 327.4% 19th
Bananas — Producer Price 392,941 SLC 2017 up 1,080.7% 13th
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Producer Price 303,939 LCU 2017 up 430.5% 22nd
Soya beans — Producer Price 384,938 LCU 2017 up 393.5% 9th
Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price Index 463.4 2025 up 406.8% 2nd
Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 196.56 billion constant LCU 2013 up 306.2% 21st
Bananas — Producer Price 538.1 USD 2017 up 119.9% 38th
Cassava, fresh — Producer Price 241,407 LCU 2017 up 436.5% 17th
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (biological) — Producer Price 1.02 million LCU 2016 up 659.3% 19th
Okra — Producer Price Index 471.53 2025 up 447.4% 4th
Income share of the richest 1% (before tax) 15.2% 2019 down 30.6% 51st
Income share of the richest 1% vs. GDP per capita 15.2% 2019 down 30.6% 51st
Anise, badian, coriander, cumin, caraway, fennel and juniper berries 133.01 2025 up 23.9% 13th
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Producer Price Index 188.73 2025 up 69.9% 4th
Eggplants (aubergines) — Producer Price 224,925 LCU 2017 up 476.0% 15th
Threshold income or consumption per month for each decile 27.86 international-$ in 2021 prices 2019 up 14.5% 129th
External debt as a share of gross national income 35.2% 2024 up 83.4% 81st
Sorghum — Producer Price 383,837 LCU 2017 up 464.5% 12th
Peas, green — Producer Price 677,883 LCU 2017 up 1,103.2% 6th
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price 229,146 SLC 2017 up 339.4% 15th
15.4.2 Mountain area: Montane — Value 327 km2 2021 unchanged 82nd
Revenue from corporate income taxes as a share of GDP 3.6% 2017 up 156.9% 45th
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Producer Price 711,043 SLC 2017 up 1,141.1% 10th
Soya beans — Producer Price 394,021 SLC 2017 up 405.2% 8th
Asset-backed pensions - main database — Investment 41.02 Percentage change 2024 up 5.8% 3rd
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price 313.8 USD 2017 down 15.1% 52nd
Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producer Price 1.68 million LCU 2017 up 539.6% 10th
Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producer Price 1.68 million SLC 2017 up 539.6% 8th
Soya beans — Producer Price 539.6 USD 2017 down 3.2% 27th
Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producer Price 2,295 USD 2017 up 22.6% 47th
Cassava, fresh — Producer Price 247,731 SLC 2017 up 450.5% 14th
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Producer Price 973.7 USD 2017 up 131.2% 35th
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (biological) — Producer Price 907,272 SLC 2016 up 574.0% 18th
Pineapples — Producer Price 294,365 LCU 2017 up 455.2% 9th
Eggplants (aubergines) — Producer Price 243,447 SLC 2017 up 523.4% 11th
Sorghum — Producer Price 389,658 SLC 2017 up 473.0% 10th
Cassava, fresh — Producer Price 339.2 USD 2017 up 5.5% 36th
Eggplants (aubergines) — Producer Price 333.4 USD 2017 up 16.1% 57th
Sorghum — Producer Price 533.6 USD 2017 up 9.8% 15th
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (biological) — Producer Price 1,264 USD 2016 up 27.7% 61st
Cow peas, dry — Producer Price Index 232.11 2025 up 146.5% 2nd
Peas, green — Producer Price 458,597 SLC 2017 up 714.0% 5th
Peas, green — Producer Price 628 USD 2017 up 51.6% 32nd
Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — Producer Price 182,202 LCU 2017 up 393.0% 17th
Tourism contribution to GDP 1.6% 2020 down 64.4% 80th
Mean income or consumption per day: 2017 vs. 2021 international-$ 2.59 international-$ in 2021 prices 2019 down 9.0% 119th
Pineapples — Producer Price 220,374 SLC 2017 up 315.6% 11th
Share of children who are stunted vs. GDP per capita 35.5% 2020 down 24.9% 14th