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Malawi: Current account balance (% of GDP)

-13.95percent · 2025-20.8% since 2015

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for Malawi from 1980 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2025-13.95
2024-15.081
2023-12.297
2022-16.966
2021-14.106
2020-13.923
2019-11.953
2018-17.259
2017-17.421
2016-12.713
2015-11.545
2014-12.822
2013-15.392
2012-8.488
2011-9.759
2010-9.57
2009-6.034
2008-8.954
2007-6.48
2006-5.269
2005-9.524
2004-7.492
2003-5.332
2002-3.945
2001-2.4
2000-2.897
1999-6.096
1998-0.172
1997-7.127
1996-4.441
1995-3.837
1994-10.506
1993-5.494
1992-10.879
1991-7.1
1990-3.149
1989-2.214
1988-4.325
1987-3.52
1986-4.926
1985-7.677
1984-2.375
1983-7.35
1982-6.504
1981-8.082
1980-14.414

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World Bank (2026). Current account balance (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-current-account-balance-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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