Consumer price inflation in Malawi
Consumer prices in Malawi changed by 28.4% in 2025.
Malawi, 2025
28.4%
Change from 2024
−3.8percentage points
World, 2025
3.0%
Position in 2025
5th of 169
Consumer price inflation in Malawi over time
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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Malawi | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28.4% | 3.0% |
| 2024 | 32.2% | 3.0% |
| 2023 | 28.8% | 5.7% |
| 2022 | 21.0% | 8.0% |
| 2021 | 9.3% | 3.5% |
| 2020 | 8.6% | 1.9% |
| 2019 | 9.4% | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 12.4% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 11.5% | 2.3% |
| 2016 | 21.7% | 1.6% |
| 2015 | 21.9% | 1.4% |
| 2014 | 23.8% | 2.4% |
| 2013 | 27.3% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 21.3% | 3.7% |
| 2011 | 7.6% | 4.8% |
| 2010 | 7.4% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | 8.4% | 2.9% |
| 2008 | 8.7% | 8.9% |
| 2007 | 8.0% | 4.8% |
| 2006 | 14.0% | 4.3% |
| 2005 | 15.4% | 4.1% |
| 2004 | 11.4% | 3.5% |
| 2003 | 9.6% | 3.0% |
| 2002 | 14.7% | 2.9% |
| 2001 | 22.7% | 3.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −3.8 percentage points from 32.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 21.9%, the figure has changed by +6.5 percentage points.
- Among the 169 countries with data for 2025, Malawi has the 5th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 3.0%.