Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP Standard Local Currency in Malawi
Malawi: Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP Standard Local Currency was 11.82 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP Standard Local Currency in Malawi, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 11.82 % for gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp standard local currency in 2024.
The figure is down 16.7% on the previous year and down 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp standard local currency in Malawi peaked at 31.72 % in 1978 and was at its lowest, 7.36 %, in 2020.
That places Malawi 187th out of 202 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 55 years of available data.
Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP Standard Local Currency in Malawi, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 23.51 % | — |
| 1971 | 16.69 % | -29.0% |
| 1972 | 20.15 % | +20.7% |
| 1973 | 20.98 % | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 19.44 % | -7.3% |
| 1975 | 25.58 % | +31.5% |
| 1976 | 22.72 % | -11.1% |
| 1977 | 22.82 % | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 31.72 % | +39.0% |
| 1979 | 28.65 % | -9.7% |
| 1980 | 22.82 % | -20.4% |
| 1981 | 15.57 % | -31.8% |
| 1982 | 15.13 % | -2.8% |
| 1983 | 14.16 % | -6.4% |
| 1984 | 13.56 % | -4.2% |
| 1985 | 13.83 % | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 12.41 % | -10.3% |
| 1987 | 13.38 % | +7.8% |
| 1988 | 15.37 % | +14.9% |
| 1989 | 15.85 % | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 17.63 % | +11.2% |
| 1991 | 18.66 % | +5.8% |
| 1992 | 16.9 % | -9.4% |
| 1993 | 12.61 % | -25.4% |
| 1994 | 12.38 % | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 12.19 % | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 11.51 % | -5.5% |
| 1997 | 9.58 % | -16.8% |
| 1998 | 11.22 % | +17.2% |
| 1999 | 12.96 % | +15.5% |
| 2000 | 12.67 % | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 13.06 % | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 9.78 % | -25.1% |
| 2003 | 10.12 % | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 11.6 % | +14.6% |
| 2005 | 14.25 % | +22.9% |
| 2006 | 16.57 % | +16.3% |
| 2007 | 15.4 % | -7.1% |
| 2008 | 21.18 % | +37.6% |
| 2009 | 16.31 % | -23.0% |
| 2010 | 15.25 % | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 12.65 % | -17.0% |
| 2012 | 13.24 % | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 14.26 % | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 13.52 % | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 12.62 % | -6.7% |
| 2016 | 13.28 % | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 12.94 % | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 12.94 % | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 12.77 % | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 7.36 % | -42.4% |
| 2021 | 8.85 % | +20.3% |
| 2022 | 13.1 % | +48.0% |
| 2023 | 14.18 % | +8.3% |
| 2024 | 11.82 % | -16.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 23.23 % | 16.69 % | 31.72 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 15.21 % | 12.41 % | 22.82 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 13.56 % | 9.58 % | 18.66 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.09 % | 9.78 % | 21.18 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.35 % | 12.62 % | 15.25 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.06 % | 7.36 % | 14.18 % | 5 |
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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)
- External balance on goods and services (current US$), annual growth -23.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- External balance on goods and services (current LCU), annual growth -24.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), annual 25.49 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 525.79 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 353,070 current LCU per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 1.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.1704 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 114.45 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp standard local currency in Malawi?
- Gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp standard local currency in Malawi was 11.82 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp standard local currency recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 31.72 % in 1978.
- What is the lowest gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp standard local currency recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.36 % in 2020.
- How does Malawi rank for gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp standard local currency?
- Malawi ranks 187th out of 202 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp standard local currency rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP Standard Local Currency. 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).