Current account balance in Malawi

The current account balance of Malawi was -14.0% of GDP in 2025.

Measure: Current account balance (World Bank) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1980 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Malawi, 2025 -14.0% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +1.1percentage points 2024: -15.1%

Current account balance in Malawi over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Current account balance (World Bank) (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period Malawi
2025 -14.0%
2024 -15.1%
2023 -12.3%
2022 -17.0%
2021 -14.1%
2020 -13.9%
2019 -12.0%
2018 -17.3%
2017 -17.4%
2016 -12.7%
2015 -11.5%
2014 -12.8%
2013 -15.4%
2012 -8.5%
2011 -9.8%
2010 -9.6%
2009 -6.0%
2008 -9.0%
2007 -6.5%
2006 -5.3%
2005 -9.5%
2004 -7.5%
2003 -5.3%
2002 -3.9%
2001 -2.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.1 percentage points from -15.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -11.5%, the figure has changed by −2.4 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1980 to 2025 for Malawi
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics