Trade as a share of GDP in Malawi
Trade in goods and services was equal to 39.4% of GDP in Malawi in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2017.
Malawi, 2025
39.4%
Change from 2024
−2.5percentage points
World, 2025
68.5%
Trade as a share of GDP in Malawi over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Malawi | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39.4% | 68.5% |
| 2024 | 41.9% | 56.7% |
| 2023 | 42.4% | 58.1% |
| 2022 | 43.6% | 62.1% |
| 2021 | 44.6% | 56.5% |
| 2020 | 41.0% | 51.9% |
| 2019 | 44.2% | 55.8% |
| 2018 | 43.6% | 57.0% |
| 2017 | 45.3% | 55.5% |
| 2016 | – | 53.8% |
| 2015 | – | 55.6% |
| 2014 | – | 58.0% |
| 2013 | – | 58.6% |
| 2012 | – | 59.3% |
| 2011 | – | 59.3% |
| 2010 | – | 56.2% |
| 2009 | – | 51.9% |
| 2008 | – | 60.3% |
| 2007 | – | 58.7% |
| 2006 | – | 58.4% |
| 2005 | – | 56.2% |
| 2004 | – | 54.2% |
| 2003 | – | 50.7% |
| 2002 | – | 49.0% |
| 2001 | – | 49.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2.5 percentage points from 41.9% in 2024.
- Since 2017, when it was 45.3%, the figure has changed by −5.9 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 68.5%.