Tax revenue in Malawi

Central government tax revenue in Malawi was equal to 15.6% of GDP in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2009.

Measure: Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) Unit: % of GDP Data: 2009 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Malawi, 2024 15.6% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +1.4percentage points 2023: 14.2%
World, 2024 13.9% Official aggregate

Tax revenue 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.

Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) (% of GDP), 2002 to 2024
Period MalawiWorld
2024 15.6% 13.9%
2023 14.2% 13.9%
2022 13.5% 14.5%
2021 11.6% 14.3%
2020 12.1% 13.7%
2019 12.0% 13.8%
2018 12.2% 13.9%
2017 12.2% 14.2%
2016 10.6% 13.9%
2015 10.5% 14.0%
2014 10.9% 14.0%
2013 9.7% 14.0%
2012 9.3% 13.8%
2011 10.6% 13.7%
2010 10.6% 13.3%
2009 9.9% 13.1%
2008 – 14.3%
2007 – 14.8%
2006 – 14.5%
2005 – 14.1%
2004 – 14.5%
2003 – 14.4%
2002 – 14.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.4 percentage points from 14.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 10.9%, the figure has changed by +4.6 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 13.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2009 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: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics