What is the difference in gdp deflator, period average between Malawi and Sierra Leone?

10.7 LCU index 2000=100, with Malawi ahead.

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

50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2009.

Where does this data come from?

World Bank country economists, published as GDP deflator, period average (LCU index 2000=100). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Malawi vs Sierra Leone: GDP deflator, period average

Malawi

16.56 LCU index 2000=100

in 2009

Sierra Leone

5.86 LCU index 2000=100

in 2009

Malawi rank

47th

Sierra Leone rank

49th

GDP deflator, period average over time

Malawi
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 16.56 LCU index 2000=100 against 5.86 LCU index 2000=100 in Sierra Leone, a difference of 10.7 LCU index 2000=100.

That makes Malawi's figure about 2.8 times Sierra Leone's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 47th and Sierra Leone ranks 49th of 51 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0217 LCU index 2000=100	0.0004 LCU index 2000=100	0.0213 LCU index 2000=100	Malawi
1970s	0.0383 LCU index 2000=100	0.0008 LCU index 2000=100	0.0376 LCU index 2000=100	Malawi
1980s	0.1141 LCU index 2000=100	0.0132 LCU index 2000=100	0.1009 LCU index 2000=100	Malawi
1990s	1.01 LCU index 2000=100	0.7838 LCU index 2000=100	0.2304 LCU index 2000=100	Malawi
2000s	10.07 LCU index 2000=100	3.9 LCU index 2000=100	6.17 LCU index 2000=100	Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gdp deflator, period average, Malawi or Sierra Leone?: Malawi, at 16.56 LCU index 2000=100 against 5.86 LCU index 2000=100 in Sierra Leone as of 2009.
What is the difference in gdp deflator, period average between Malawi and Sierra Leone?: 10.7 LCU index 2000=100, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Sierra Leone?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2009.
How do Malawi and Sierra Leone rank globally for gdp deflator, period average?: Malawi ranks 47th and Sierra Leone ranks 49th of 51 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Bank country economists, published as GDP deflator, period average (LCU index 2000=100). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: GDP deflator, period average (LCU index 2000=100)
Unit: LCU index 2000=100
Source: World Bank country economists
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 57 places, 2,467 data points, 1960–2009
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

The GDP implicit deflator is the ratio of GDP in current local currency to GDP in constant local currency.