Manufacturing share of GDP in Malawi

Manufacturing produced 11.0% of GDP in Malawi in 2024.

Measure: Manufacturing as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 2017 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Malawi, 2024 11.0% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −1.8percentage points 2023: 12.8%
World, 2024 14.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 85th of 178 See the full ranking

Manufacturing 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.

Manufacturing as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period MalawiWorld
2025 – 14.9%
2024 11.0% 14.9%
2023 12.8% 15.2%
2022 10.7% 15.7%
2021 11.9% 16.4%
2020 12.1% 15.9%
2019 11.5% 16.0%
2018 11.4% 16.4%
2017 11.3% 16.3%
2016 – 16.2%
2015 – 16.4%
2014 – 16.1%
2013 – 15.9%
2012 – 16.1%
2011 – 16.1%
2010 – 16.0%
2009 – 15.5%
2008 – 16.1%
2007 – 16.3%
2006 – 16.3%
2005 – 16.4%
2004 – 16.6%
2003 – 16.7%
2002 – 16.9%
2001 – 17.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.8 percentage points from 12.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2017, when it was 11.3%, the figure has changed by −0.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 178 countries with data for 2024, Malawi has the 85th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 14.9%.

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
NV.IND.MANF.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2017 to 2024 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