Malawi

Key Indicators

Summary statistics

Capital: Lilongwe
Currency: Malawian Kwacha (MWK)
Area: 118,484 km²
Geographic Location: East Africa, landlocked, bordered by Tanzania, Mozambique, and Zambia. Coordinates: Appr 13.96°S latitude and
33.79°E lon.
Population: 21.7 million

Description20222023
National Accounts
Real GDP Growth (annual percent change)0.81.7
GDP (current prices, billions of US$)12.5413.18
GDP per capita (current prices, US$ per capita)567.45579.7
Inflation rate, average consumer prices (annual % change)20.827.7
Trade
Imports in Services (current prices, millions of $US)  
Exports in Services (current prices, millions of $US)  
Merchandise Imports (current prices, millions of $US)  
Merchandise Exports (current prices, millions of $US)  
Gas + Petrol Imports (in thousands of $US)  
Gas + Petrol Exports (in thousands of $US)  
BOP ( BALANCE OF PAYMENTS)
Current account, balance (billions of $US)-0.421-0.772
Current account, balance ( % of GDP)-3.4-5.9
FINANCE
General government net lending/borrowing (% of GDP)-9.3-6.8
General government gross debt (% of GDP)75.278.6
EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL INDICATORS
Population20,405,31720,931,751

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