Interest payments in Malawi
Malawi: Interest payments was 26.3% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in Malawi, 2009–2022
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 26.3% for interest payments in 2022. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 29.7% on the previous year and up 187.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Malawi peaked at 26.3% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 8.7%, in 2013.
That places Malawi 5th out of 152 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.0% | 9.0% | 9.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 14.8% | 8.7% | 21.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.5% | 18.0% | 26.3% | 3 |
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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)
- Other taxes 0.0% (2024)
- Compensation of employees 32.5% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Malawi?
- Interest payments in Malawi was 26.3% in 2022, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 26.3% in 2022.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.7% in 2013.
- How does Malawi rank for interest payments?
- Malawi ranks 5th out of 152 countries with data for 2022.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 187.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Interest payments (% of expense). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Interest payments include interest payments on government debt (including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments) to domestic and foreign residents. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.