Kazakhstan vs Malawi: Price level index

Kazakhstan
36.65 Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure
in 2025
Malawi
35.82 Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure
in 2025
Kazakhstan rank
156th
Malawi rank
159th

Price level index over time

  • Kazakhstan
  • Malawi
20406080100199020072025

How they compare

Kazakhstan currently reports 36.65 Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure against 35.82 Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure in Malawi, a difference of 0.83 Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Malawi ahead.

Kazakhstan ranks 156th and Malawi ranks 159th of 205 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Kazakhstan averaged higher in 2 and Malawi in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kazakhstan Malawi Difference Ahead
1990s 40.93 Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure 70.68 Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure 29.75 Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure Malawi
2000s 39.12 Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure 47.92 Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure 8.8 Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure Malawi
2010s 46.62 Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure 38.03 Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure 8.59 Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure Kazakhstan
2020s 35.04 Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure 34.02 Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure 1.02 Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure Kazakhstan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher price level index, Kazakhstan or Malawi?
Kazakhstan, at 36.65 Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure against 35.82 Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure in Malawi as of 2025.
What is the difference in price level index between Kazakhstan and Malawi?
0.83 Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure, with Kazakhstan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kazakhstan and Malawi?
33 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2025.
How do Kazakhstan and Malawi rank globally for price level index?
Kazakhstan ranks 156th and Malawi ranks 159th of 205 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Development Indicators, World Bank (WB), published as Price level index (Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Price level index (Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure)
Unit
Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure
Source
World Development Indicators, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
205 places, 6,328 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

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. This indicator provides a measure of the differences in the price levels of countries at the level of Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure.