Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Malawi
Malawi: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita was 504.62 USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Malawi, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
In 2024, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Malawi stood at 504.62 USD.
The figure is down 15.7% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Malawi peaked at 617.45 USD in 2021 and was at its lowest, 124.98 USD, in 1970.
Malawi ranks 225th of 228 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Malawi, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 124.98 USD | — |
| 1971 | 153.32 USD | +22.7% |
| 1972 | 170.79 USD | +11.4% |
| 1973 | 160.44 USD | -6.1% |
| 1974 | 192.81 USD | +20.2% |
| 1975 | 209.56 USD | +8.7% |
| 1976 | 222.51 USD | +6.2% |
| 1977 | 259.46 USD | +16.6% |
| 1978 | 295.13 USD | +13.7% |
| 1979 | 305.23 USD | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 356.93 USD | +16.9% |
| 1981 | 343.19 USD | -3.8% |
| 1982 | 311.8 USD | -9.1% |
| 1983 | 312.5 USD | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 294.28 USD | -5.8% |
| 1985 | 266.09 USD | -9.6% |
| 1986 | 268.67 USD | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 267.5 USD | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 282.51 USD | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 323.71 USD | +14.6% |
| 1990 | 331.7 USD | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 371.59 USD | +12.0% |
| 1992 | 324.13 USD | -12.8% |
| 1993 | 351.25 USD | +8.4% |
| 1994 | 209.96 USD | -40.2% |
| 1995 | 243.71 USD | +16.1% |
| 1996 | 287.37 USD | +17.9% |
| 1997 | 297.38 USD | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 297.83 USD | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 290.46 USD | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 278.4 USD | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 267.54 USD | -3.9% |
| 2002 | 294.23 USD | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 263.44 USD | -10.5% |
| 2004 | 278.09 USD | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 284.73 USD | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 302.91 USD | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 326.52 USD | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 380.72 USD | +16.6% |
| 2009 | 430.06 USD | +13.0% |
| 2010 | 469.41 USD | +9.1% |
| 2011 | 550.65 USD | +17.3% |
| 2012 | 401.68 USD | -27.1% |
| 2013 | 379.15 USD | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 436.53 USD | +15.1% |
| 2015 | 480.87 USD | +10.2% |
| 2016 | 405.74 USD | -15.6% |
| 2017 | 495.77 USD | +22.2% |
| 2018 | 533.2 USD | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 580.89 USD | +8.9% |
| 2020 | 602.51 USD | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 617.45 USD | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 607.03 USD | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 598.29 USD | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 504.62 USD | -15.7% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 504.62 USD is below the median for low income countries, which is 850.6 USD, 59% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 504.62 USD is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,235 USD, 41% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 209.42 USD | 124.98 USD | 305.23 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 302.72 USD | 266.09 USD | 356.93 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 300.54 USD | 209.96 USD | 371.59 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 310.66 USD | 263.44 USD | 430.06 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 473.39 USD | 379.15 USD | 580.89 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 585.98 USD | 504.62 USD | 617.45 USD | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 222 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 633.08 USD compare
- 223 Madagascar 545 USD compare
- 224 Central African Republic 516.17 USD compare
- 226 Afghanistan 476.92 USD compare
- 227 Burundi 288.08 USD compare
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More economy & growth data for Malawi
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate -14.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -12.14 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 0.0151 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -16.34 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 0.0111 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Malawi?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Malawi was 504.62 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 617.45 USD in 2021.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 124.98 USD in 1970.
- How does Malawi rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita?
- Malawi ranks 225th out of 228 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).