Malawi GDP per Capita Over Time (1980–2026)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

GDP per Capita (USD)

Global rank: 184 / 190

Data table

1980	460	1992	422	2004	366	2016	415
1981	448	1993	483	2005	377	2017	467
1982	416	1994	278	2006	401	2018	501
1983	420	1995	320	2007	432	2019	544
1984	400	1996	512	2008	505	2020	568
1985	359	1997	583	2009	571	2021	581
1986	354	1998	373	2010	623	2022	567
1987	328	1999	368	2011	695	2023	591
1988	355	2000	353	2012	506	2024	504
1989	384	2001	338	2013	447	2025	625
1990	421	2002	384	2014	484	2026	733
1991	524	2003	345	2015	498

GDP per Capita (Local currency - MWK)

Data table

1980	374	1992	1,522	2004	39,823	2016	297,984
1981	401	1993	2,128	2005	44,642	2017	340,723
1982	439	1994	2,430	2006	54,524	2018	366,919
1983	493	1995	4,889	2007	60,498	2019	405,143
1984	566	1996	7,839	2008	70,913	2020	422,331
1985	617	1997	9,592	2009	80,567	2021	464,535
1986	660	1998	11,591	2010	93,845	2022	533,918
1987	724	1999	16,236	2011	109,109	2023	680,838
1988	909	2000	20,999	2012	127,133	2024	868,590
1989	1,061	2001	24,437	2013	165,490	2025	1.08M
1990	1,148	2002	29,457	2014	205,534	2026	1.31M
1991	1,468	2003	33,611	2015	248,671

Real GDP per Capita (Local currency - MWK)

Data table

1980	274,494	1992	217,121	2004	254,024	2016	337,053
1981	252,971	1993	236,764	2005	257,145	2017	340,723
1982	252,790	1994	210,912	2006	261,791	2018	345,729
1983	255,008	1995	237,084	2007	279,035	2019	354,360
1984	259,553	1996	255,687	2008	292,125	2020	347,931
1985	259,682	1997	265,901	2009	307,595	2021	353,606
1986	245,334	1998	261,440	2010	319,536	2022	346,874
1987	234,503	1999	263,436	2011	325,668	2023	343,724
1988	227,786	2000	258,958	2012	322,520	2024	339,693
1989	219,336	2001	242,910	2013	329,794	2025	337,073
1990	223,243	2002	238,123	2014	338,833	2026	334,933
1991	237,142	2003	246,229	2015	339,064