Malawi — GDP per capita (PPP)
GDP per Capita (PPP) for Malawi, 1990–2025.
GDP per capita (PPP) for Malawi was 1,899 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 672 in 1990 (about 2.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 3.02% per year.
Malawi ranks 196 of 201 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 98%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4,379, so Malawi sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 35%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 42 of 47 economies; Eritrea (1,742) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 19% in 1995. That is 19% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1990 level: doubled by 2009. Doubling roughly every 23 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 175th of 186 in 1990 → 182nd of 194 in 2000 → 189th of 200 in 2010 → 191st of 198 in 2020 → 181st of 185 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1990 to 2025
| Year | current international $ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,899.29 | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 1,860.32 | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 1,831.97 | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 1,778.02 | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 1,687.59 | +11.5% |
| 2020 | 1,513.46 | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 1,450.01 | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 1,363.79 | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 1,380.23 | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 1,409.96 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 1,403.08 | -6.8% |
| 2014 | 1,505.55 | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 1,558.11 | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 1,464.04 | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 1,516.21 | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 1,457.61 | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 1,387.79 | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 1,311.45 | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 1,230.56 | +9.4% |
| 2006 | 1,124.44 | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 1,070.94 | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 1,032.8 | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 979.04 | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 931.28 | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 924.06 | -5.2% |
| 2000 | 974.31 | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 960.71 | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 941.05 | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 915.28 | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 884.46 | +7.1% |
| 1995 | 825.45 | +19.3% |
| 1994 | 691.63 | -7.2% |
| 1993 | 745.68 | +10.7% |
| 1992 | 673.82 | -7.9% |
| 1991 | 731.94 | +9.0% |
| 1990 | 671.5 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Malawi’s GDP per capita (PPP) in 1991?
731.94 (1991). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Malawi’s GDP per capita (PPP) figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current international $ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Malawi’s GDP per capita (PPP) growing or shrinking?
Between 1990 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +182.8% in total — about 3.0% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 1,899.29; 2024: 1,860.32; 2023: 1,831.97; 2022: 1,778.02; 2021: 1,687.59. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD — GDP per Capita (PPP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.