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Malawi — Current account (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1977–2031 · 55 observations

About this series

The current account balance records a country's net transactions with the rest of the world in goods, services, primary income, and secondary income. A balance can be positive, negative, or zero. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

The current account reading for Malawi was −13.7% of GDP in 2025. The previous reading was −18.8% of GDP in 2024; the period change was +5.06 percentage points.

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Latest observations

2021–2031

PeriodValue
2031-9.44 % of GDP
2030-9.97 % of GDP
2029-10.7 % of GDP
2028-11.6 % of GDP
2027-13.4 % of GDP
6 earlier values, back to 2021
2026-15.4 % of GDP
2025-13.7 % of GDP
2024-18.8 % of GDP
2023-15.7 % of GDP
2022-18.3 % of GDP
2021-15.5 % of GDP
Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.