Malawi — Current account (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1977–2030 · 54 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 −18.3% of GDP in 2025. The previous reading was −18.8% of GDP in 2024; the period change was +0.45 percentage points.

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Latest observations

2020–2030

PeriodValue
2030-10.1 % of GDP
2029-11 % of GDP
2028-12.5 % of GDP
2027-14.2 % of GDP
2026-16.4 % of GDP
6 earlier values, back to 2020
2025-18.3 % of GDP
2024-18.8 % of GDP
2023-15.7 % of GDP
2022-18.3 % of GDP
2021-15.5 % of GDP
2020-13.9 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.