What is the difference in gdp (current lcu), per capita between Jamaica and Malawi?

97,570 current LCU per person, with Jamaica ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Malawi?

46 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as GDP (current LCU), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Jamaica vs Malawi: GDP (current LCU), per capita

Jamaica

1.27 million current LCU per person

in 2025

Malawi

1.18 million current LCU per person

in 2025

Jamaica rank

43rd

Malawi rank

45th

GDP (current LCU), per capita over time

Jamaica
Malawi

How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 1.27 million current LCU per person against 1.18 million current LCU per person in Malawi, a difference of 97,570 current LCU per person.

That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

Across all 46 years both countries report, Jamaica has been ahead every year.

Jamaica ranks 43rd and Malawi ranks 45th of 212 countries.

Jamaica has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Jamaica	Malawi	Difference	Ahead
1980s	5,362 current LCU per person	390.27 current LCU per person	4,972 current LCU per person	Jamaica
1990s	77,320 current LCU per person	3,705 current LCU per person	73,616 current LCU per person	Jamaica
2000s	255,828 current LCU per person	48,491 current LCU per person	207,337 current LCU per person	Jamaica
2010s	598,857 current LCU per person	254,609 current LCU per person	344,248 current LCU per person	Jamaica
2020s	1.04 million current LCU per person	723,602 current LCU per person	321,156 current LCU per person	Jamaica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gdp (current lcu), per capita, Jamaica or Malawi?: Jamaica, at 1.27 million current LCU per person against 1.18 million current LCU per person in Malawi as of 2025.
What is the difference in gdp (current lcu), per capita between Jamaica and Malawi?: 97,570 current LCU per person, with Jamaica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Malawi?: 46 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2025.
How do Jamaica and Malawi rank globally for gdp (current lcu), per capita?: Jamaica ranks 43rd and Malawi ranks 45th of 212 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as GDP (current LCU), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: GDP (current LCU), per capita
Unit: current LCU per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 213 places, 11,862 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 27 August 2026

GDP (current LCU) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.