General government final consumption expenditure in Malawi
Malawi: General government final consumption expenditure was -0.9% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
General government final consumption expenditure in Malawi, 2018–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
The most recent figure for general government final consumption expenditure in Malawi is -0.9%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 154.6% on the previous year and down 118.2% over ten years.
That places Malawi 152nd out of 173 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
General government final consumption expenditure in Malawi, year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5.0% | — |
| 2019 | 6.7% | +34.3% |
| 2020 | -6.0% | -189.2% |
| 2021 | 5.0% | -183.4% |
| 2022 | 5.1% | +0.9% |
| 2023 | -4.4% | -186.6% |
| 2024 | 1.7% | -138.2% |
| 2025 | -0.9% | -154.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5.9% | 5.0% | 6.7% | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | -6.0% | 5.1% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Malawi
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.07 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.6 Percent per annum (2029)
- Services, value added (current US$), annual growth rate 45.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4866 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 326.79 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), annual growth rate 46.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), per unit of GDP 852.01 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), per capita 572,135 current LCU per person (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 2.15 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.4481 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is general government final consumption expenditure in Malawi?
- General government final consumption expenditure in Malawi was -0.9% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest general government final consumption expenditure recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 6.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest general government final consumption expenditure recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was -6.0% in 2020.
- How does Malawi rank for general government final consumption expenditure?
- Malawi ranks 152nd out of 173 countries with data for 2025.
- Is general government final consumption expenditure rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 118.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of General government final consumption expenditure (annual % growth). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. General government FCE includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees), and most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.