Investment share of GDP in Malawi

Investment in Malawi was equal to 15.7% of GDP in 2025.

Malawi, 2025 15.7% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +2.0percentage points 2024: 13.7%
World, 2024 26.3% Official aggregate Not the same period as Malawi (2025).

Investment share of GDP 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.

Investment (gross capital formation) as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period MalawiWorld
2025 15.7% –
2024 13.7% 26.3%
2023 14.5% 26.7%
2022 15.9% 27.5%
2021 16.9% 27.2%
2020 16.7% 26.5%
2019 21.9% 26.6%
2018 21.3% 26.7%
2017 20.3% 26.1%
2016 – 25.7%
2015 – 25.9%
2014 – 25.9%
2013 – 25.6%
2012 – 25.5%
2011 – 25.3%
2010 – 24.6%
2009 – 23.4%
2008 – 25.5%
2007 – 25.5%
2006 – 25.0%
2005 – 24.5%
2004 – 24.1%
2003 – 23.4%
2002 – 23.3%
2001 – 23.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.0 percentage points from 13.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2017, when it was 20.3%, the figure has changed by −4.6 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2017 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: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices