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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 21.6% of GDP in 2025, compared with 22.5% of GDP in 2024. The period change was −0.95 percentage points. The latest reading was above the selected 10-year average of 21.5% of GDP.

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Latest observations

2011–2025

PeriodValue
202521.6 % of GDP
202422.5 % of GDP
202319 % of GDP
202221.4 % of GDP
202120.8 % of GDP
10 earlier values, back to 2011
202020.9 % of GDP
201922.4 % of GDP
201822.3 % of GDP
201722.6 % of GDP
201621.1 % of GDP
201518 % of GDP
201417 % of GDP
201315.7 % of GDP
201212.8 % of GDP
201110.6 % of GDP
Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.