Economy · Remittance inflows · Malawi
Malawi’s remittance inflows rose to $0.31bn in 2025.
$0.31bn
2025
Up $0.08bn from 2024.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
In plain words
$0.31bn
What it is. Personal remittances received counts the money and goods that people working abroad send to households at home, together with pay earned by workers who spend only a short time abroad. It is measured in current US dollars, so the figure moves with exchange rates and prices in the countries that send the money. Official counts capture formal channels well, and cash carried across the border by hand is hard to record.
Higher is better. More remittances mean more household income and more foreign currency arriving from abroad, which is why a higher figure is better. The latest figure, for 2025, is $0.31bn, up from $0.22bn a year earlier, a rise of 36.7%. Since 2016 the series has ranged from a low of $0.04bn in 2016 to a high of $0.35bn in 2021. The 2025 figure sits close to the top of that range, just under the 2021 peak.
Why it matters. For Malawian households, money from relatives abroad can cover food, school fees and medical costs. For the economy, $0.31bn of inflows is a source of foreign currency that helps pay for imports. The rise of $0.08bn over the past year adds to that support, and the 2021 level of $0.35bn is the mark to watch next.
| Period | Remittance inflows · Malawi |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $0.04bn |
| 2017 | $0.08bn |
| 2018 | $0.18bn |
| 2019 | $0.28bn |
| 2020 | $0.23bn |
| 2021 | $0.35bn |
| 2022 | $0.29bn |
| 2023 | $0.21bn |
| 2024 | $0.22bn |
| 2025 | $0.31bn |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Remittance inflows, Malawi, 2025; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/remittance-inflows/malawi
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Personal remittances received, current US dollars. Unit: USD bn.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series BX.TRF.PWKR.CD.DT), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.