CPIA economic management cluster average in Malawi
Malawi: CPIA economic management cluster average was 1.67 1=low to 6=high in 2025. ▼ Falling
CPIA economic management cluster average in Malawi, 2005–2025
Source: CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 1=low to 6=high.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cpia economic management cluster average in Malawi is 1.67 1=low to 6=high, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of down 16.7% on the previous year and down 41.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cpia economic management cluster average in Malawi peaked at 3.33 1=low to 6=high in 2007 and was at its lowest, 1.67 1=low to 6=high, in 2025.
Malawi ranks 78th of 84 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.19 1=low to 6=high | 3 1=low to 6=high | 3.33 1=low to 6=high | 5 |
| 2010s | 2.97 1=low to 6=high | 2.83 1=low to 6=high | 3.17 1=low to 6=high | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.22 1=low to 6=high | 1.67 1=low to 6=high | 2.83 1=low to 6=high | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 76 Mozambique 2.33 1=low to 6=high compare
- 77 Myanmar 1.83 1=low to 6=high compare
- 78 Maldives 1.67 1=low to 6=high compare
- 78 Yemen 1.67 1=low to 6=high compare
- 81 Afghanistan 1.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 81 Eritrea 1.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 81 South Sudan 1.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 81 Sudan 1.5 1=low to 6=high compare
More public sector data for Malawi
- Arms imports 19.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2022)
- Tax revenue 15.6% (2024)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 39.2% (2024)
- Taxes on goods and services 30.5% (2024)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets 8.0% (2024)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) -11.8% (2024)
- Interest payments 35.8% (2024)
- Grants and other revenue 23.5% (2024)
- Interest payments 26.3% (2022)
- Other taxes 0.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cpia economic management cluster average in Malawi?
- Cpia economic management cluster average in Malawi was 1.67 1=low to 6=high in 2025, according to CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG).
- What is the highest cpia economic management cluster average recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 3.33 1=low to 6=high in 2007.
- What is the lowest cpia economic management cluster average recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.67 1=low to 6=high in 2025.
- How does Malawi rank for cpia economic management cluster average?
- Malawi ranks 78th out of 84 countries with data for 2025.
- Is cpia economic management cluster average rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of CPIA economic management cluster average (1=low to 6=high). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) measures the extent to which a country’s policy and institutional framework supports sustainable growth and poverty reduction, and consequently the effective use of development assistance. The outcome of the exercise yields both an overall score and scores for sixteen criteria that compose the CPIA. These criteria include: A. Economic Management (1. Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies; 2. Fiscal Policy; 3. Debt Policy and Management), B. Structural Policies (4. Trade; 5. Financial Sector; 6. Business Regulatory Environment), C. Policies for Social Inclusion/Equity (7. Gender equality; 8. Equity of public resource use; 9. Building human resources; 10. Social protection and labor; 11. Policies and institutions for environmental sustainability), D. Public Sector Management and Institutions (12. Property rights and rule-based governance; 13. Quality of budgetary and financial management; 14. Efficiency of revenue mobilization; 15. Quality of public administration; 16. Transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector). The Economic Management cluster includes monetary and exchange rate policies, fiscal policy, and debt policy.