Price level index in Malawi
Malawi: Price level index was 35.36 GDP in 2025. ▼ Falling
Price level index in Malawi, 1990–2025
Source: World Development Indicators, World Bank (WB). Measured in GDP.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 35.36 GDP for price level index in 2025.
That represents a change of up 25.9% on the previous year and down 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, price level index in Malawi peaked at 58.37 GDP in 1991 and was at its lowest, 28.08 GDP, in 2024.
Malawi ranks 144th of 203 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 44.28 GDP | 31.84 GDP | 58.37 GDP | 10 |
| 2000s | 38.89 GDP | 30.18 GDP | 45.98 GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.79 GDP | 31.89 GDP | 50.33 GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.73 GDP | 28.08 GDP | 39.81 GDP | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Malawi
- DEC alternative conversion factor 1,751 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 1.46 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 835.90 million current US$ (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 1.83 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 1.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -282.84 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -161.55 million current US$ (2025)
- GNI per capita 1.16 million current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 600 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 25.84 trillion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is price level index in Malawi?
- Price level index in Malawi was 35.36 GDP in 2025, according to World Development Indicators, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest price level index recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 58.37 GDP in 1991.
- What is the lowest price level index recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.08 GDP in 2024.
- How does Malawi rank for price level index?
- Malawi ranks 144th out of 203 countries with data for 2025.
- Is price level index rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from World Development Indicators, World Bank (WB), published as part of Price level index (GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The price level index (PLI) is the ratio of a purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factor to the corresponding market exchange rate between two countries, expressed relative to a base country that is set equal to 100. For this series the base country is the United States. It provides a measure of the differences in price level between the country and the United States by indicating the number of units of the common currency (US dollars) needed to buy the same volume of the aggregation level in each country. At the level of GDP, the price level ratio provides a measure of the differences in the general price levels of countries.