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Malawi: Primary income payments

281.01Mcurrent USD · 2025+25.9% since 2015

Primary income payments refer to employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments).This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars. Annual figures for Malawi from 1978 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025281,007,714.016
2024219,262,151.21
2023226,023,320.954
2022395,565,630.086
2021392,410,011.638
2020352,333,531.624
2019290,199,066.128
2018338,763,083.027
2017216,151,707.918
201699,257,354.707
2015223,204,505.527
2014302,808,142.24
2013268,498,908.704
201244,741,086.845
2011379,323,234.192
2010192,272,902.151
2009122,530,034.08
2008149,784,556.099
200780,744,038.862
200680,255,130.767
200580,622,083.985
2004102,403,264.399
200390,975,588.006
200244,521,841.221
200142,583,694.696
200050,533,317.157
199950,534,051.012
199848,120,316.801
199740,933,886.923
199644,828,134.322
199547,981,902.337
199447,204,771.299
199370,864,344.37
199283,396,345.062
199192,925,779.769
199088,937,531.797
198999,183,766.283
1988108,304,341.446
198792,677,168.117
1986114,879,943.847
1985118,899,654.692
1984116,316,914.105
1983101,637,493.021
198292,940,934.033
1981131,464,448.387
1980151,336,850.073
1979127,191,588.862
197849,422,510.274

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Primary income payments. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-primary-income-payments (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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