Services share of GDP in Malawi

Services produced 48.7% of GDP in Malawi in 2025.

Measure: Services as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1980 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Malawi, 2025 48.7% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +4.4percentage points 2024: 44.2%
World, 2024 63.3% Official aggregate Not the same period as Malawi (2025).

Services 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.

Services as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period MalawiWorld
2025 48.7% –
2024 44.2% 63.3%
2023 45.1% 63.0%
2022 49.2% 62.3%
2021 49.8% 64.1%
2020 50.3% 65.4%
2019 52.5% 64.9%
2018 53.5% 64.3%
2017 53.1% 64.5%
2016 53.9% 65.0%
2015 53.2% 64.4%
2014 52.6% 63.2%
2013 52.5% 62.9%
2012 52.5% 62.7%
2011 51.7% 62.6%
2010 51.2% 63.3%
2009 50.4% 64.7%
2008 49.9% 62.8%
2007 49.6% 63.2%
2006 48.9% 63.6%
2005 47.8% 64.3%
2004 46.5% 64.8%
2003 46.0% 65.5%
2002 47.1% 65.7%
2001 47.8% 65.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +4.4 percentage points from 44.2% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 53.2%, the figure has changed by −4.5 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
NV.SRV.TOTL.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: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices