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Malawi — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Malawi, 1980–2025.
Latest value · 2025
672
GDP per Capita (Nominal) · current US$ · +133.6% since 1980
GDP per capita for Malawi was 672 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 46 years, from 1980 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 763 in 2011. The lowest was 169 in 1994 (about 4.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.90% per year.
Malawi ranks 205 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 97%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 1,319, so Malawi sits below it. It peaked in 2011 and has fallen 12% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 24%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
672
First (1980)
287
Change
+133.6%
Highest
763
in 2011
Lowest
169
in 1994
Average
404
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.90%
Years of data
46
Recent years
| Year | current US$ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 671.51 |
| 2024 | 522.37 |
| 2023 | 633.21 |
| 2022 | 604.27 |
| 2021 | 617.45 |
| 2020 | 602.51 |
| 2019 | 580.89 |
| 2018 | 533.2 |
| 2017 | 495.77 |
| 2016 | 450.51 |
| 2015 | 539.61 |
| 2014 | 529.51 |
Reading this correctly. Nominal GDP divided by midyear population. A rough proxy for average income; it does not account for income distribution. Figures are in current US$. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). 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.