Economy · GDP per capita · Malawi
Malawi’s GDP per capita rose to $671.5 in 2025.
$671.5
2025
Up $149.1 from 2024.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
In plain words
$671.5
What it is. GDP per capita takes the value of everything produced in Malawi in a year, converted into current US dollars, and divides it by the number of residents. Because the conversion uses current dollars, a change in the exchange rate moves the figure even when the volume of output stays the same. It is an average across all residents, so it says nothing about how income is shared, and it leaves out unpaid household work.
Higher is better. A higher figure means more output per person, which leaves more room for households to spend on food, health and schooling and for the state to collect tax. The latest figure, for 2025, is $671.5, up from $522.4 a year earlier. That is a rise of $149.1, or 28.6%. Since 2016 the lowest level was $450.5, recorded in 2016, and the highest is the 2025 figure, so the latest reading sits at the top of its range for the period.
Why it matters. At $671.5 per person, the average amount of output available to each Malawian remains small in dollar terms, which limits household budgets and the spending power that local firms can sell into. The rise of $149.1 over a year gives the state a somewhat larger economy to tax, and households a higher average to draw on. Whether the 2025 level holds will show in the next annual reading.
| Period | GDP per capita · Malawi |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $450.5 |
| 2017 | $495.8 |
| 2018 | $533.2 |
| 2019 | $580.9 |
| 2020 | $602.5 |
| 2021 | $617.4 |
| 2022 | $604.3 |
| 2023 | $633.2 |
| 2024 | $522.4 |
| 2025 | $671.5 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, GDP per capita, Malawi, 2025; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/gdp-per-capita/malawi
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Gross domestic product per person at current US dollars. Unit: USD.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series NY.GDP.PCAP.CD), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.