Malawi — Combined government expenditure (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1954–2031 · 78 observations
About this series
Combined government expenditure records government expense plus net investment in nonfinancial assets within the source series' coverage. It is a flow over the period. WED's combined-government scope requires source metadata. This series expresses that measure as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.
The combined government expenditure reading for Malawi was 30.6% of GDP in 2025. The previous reading was 29.5% of GDP in 2024; the period change was +1.08 percentage points. Relative to the selected 10-year average of 23.8% of GDP, the latest reading was above.
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Latest observations
2016–2031
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2031 | 28.7 % of GDP |
| 2030 | 29 % of GDP |
| 2029 | 29.2 % of GDP |
| 2028 | 29.8 % of GDP |
| 2027 | 30.7 % of GDP |
11 earlier values, back to 2016
| 2026 | 29.1 % of GDP |
| 2025 | 30.6 % of GDP |
| 2024 | 29.5 % of GDP |
| 2023 | 25.5 % of GDP |
| 2022 | 26.7 % of GDP |
| 2021 | 23.7 % of GDP |
| 2020 | 22.7 % of GDP |
| 2019 | 19.3 % of GDP |
| 2018 | 19.4 % of GDP |
| 2017 | 21 % of GDP |
| 2016 | 19.7 % of GDP |