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Malawi: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$)

44.57Mcurrent USD · 2025+972.9% since 2015

Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Malawi from 1977 to 2025.

19802025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
202544,571,482.845
202456,406,125.105
202372,321,115.146
202258,720,590.806
2021636,227.497
2020-153,906,615.37
201923,255,085.197
2018-102,239,827.245
2017-6,659,905.591
2016-4,215,635.174
2015-5,105,979.583
2014-4,736,016.164
2013-4,200,133.014
2012-4,542,311.192
2011945,143.995
201042,300,243.611
2009-1,330,010.049
200818,550,558.834
200713,644,239.43
20065,910,299.818
20053,019,489.951
20041,831,722.351
20031,310,907.888
20024,395,642
2001-596,038
2000-600,000
1999100,000
19985,599,992
1997900,039
19961,900,000
19890
19880
19870
19860
19850
19840
19830
19820
19810
19800
19790
19780
19770

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund, UN Conference on Trade and Development. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-foreign-direct-investment-net-outflows (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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