Services, value added in Malawi
Malawi: Services, value added was 48.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Malawi, 1980–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 48.7% for services, value added in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.0% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Malawi peaked at 53.9% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 27.2%, in 1989.
Malawi ranks 156th of 205 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 36.5% | 27.2% | 41.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 42.2% | 28.3% | 52.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 48.0% | 45.6% | 50.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 52.7% | 51.2% | 53.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.9% | 44.2% | 50.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 153 Turkmenistan 48.9% compare
- 154 Madagascar 48.8% compare
- 155 Comoros 48.8% compare
- 157 Zimbabwe 48.2% compare
- 158 Paraguay 48.1% compare
- 159 Democratic Republic of Congo 48.0% compare
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 services, value added in Malawi?
- Services, value added in Malawi was 48.7% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 53.9% in 2016.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.2% in 1989.
- How does Malawi rank for services, value added?
- Malawi ranks 156th out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.