Malawi — Government consumption (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1954–2025 · 72 observations

About this series

Government final consumption expenditure is government spending on goods and services used to meet individual or collective needs, such as health, education, public order and defence. It is part of GDP and does not represent all government expenditure. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

In Malawi, the government consumption reading was 22.4% of GDP in 2025, compared with 23.4% of GDP in 2024. The period change was −0.98 percentage points. The latest reading was above the selected 10-year average of 22.3% of GDP.

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Latest observations

2011–2025

PeriodValue
202522.4 % of GDP
202423.4 % of GDP
202319.7 % of GDP
202222.2 % of GDP
202121.6 % of GDP
10 earlier values, back to 2011
202021.7 % of GDP
201923.2 % of GDP
201823.1 % of GDP
201723.4 % of GDP
201621.8 % of GDP
201518.6 % of GDP
201417.6 % of GDP
201316.2 % of GDP
201213.2 % of GDP
201111 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.