# GDP per capita growth in Malawi

GDP per capita growth in Malawi was -0.69% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `gdp_per_capita_growth`
- Place id: `mw`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Annual percentage change in real GDP per person, from GDP at constant 2015 US dollars divided by mid-year population. World Bank national accounts data, compiled from national statistical offices and central banks and from OECD national accounts files.
- Note: Below gdp_growth when the population grows, above it when the population shrinks. Wars and oil shocks move it by tens of points in a year.
- Source: World Bank, GDP per capita growth (annual %) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
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- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. GDP per capita growth (annual %) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/gdp-per-capita-growth/malawi
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=gdp_per_capita_growth&place=mw

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | -0.69 |
| 2024 | -0.91 |
| 2023 | -0.64 |
| 2022 | -1.64 |
| 2021 | 1.88 |
| 2020 | -1.83 |
| 2019 | 2.95 |
| 2018 | 1.6 |
| 2017 | 1.22 |
| 2016 | -0.26 |
| 2015 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 2.7 |
| 2013 | 2.46 |
| 2012 | -0.98 |
| 2011 | 1.92 |
| 2010 | 3.77 |
| 2009 | 5.17 |
| 2008 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 6.55 |
| 2006 | 1.85 |
| 2005 | 0.54 |
| 2004 | 2.73 |
| 2003 | 3.09 |
| 2002 | -0.76 |
| 2001 | -7.25 |
| 2000 | -0.83 |
| 1999 | 0.66 |
| 1998 | 1.67 |
| 1997 | 1.73 |
| 1996 | 5.22 |
| 1995 | 16.9 |
| 1994 | -9.19 |
| 1993 | 8.1 |
| 1992 | -9.99 |
| 1991 | 5.43 |
| 1990 | 1.6 |
| 1989 | -3.33 |
| 1988 | -2.25 |
| 1987 | -3.11 |
| 1986 | -3.82 |
| 1985 | 0.62 |
| 1984 | 1.32 |
| 1983 | -0.29 |
| 1982 | -1.46 |
| 1981 | -8.94 |
| 1980 | -3.39 |
| 1979 | 0.61 |
| 1978 | 6.06 |
| 1977 | 1.71 |
| 1976 | 1.99 |
| 1975 | 3.16 |
| 1974 | 4.31 |
| 1973 | -0.35 |
| 1972 | 3.55 |
| 1971 | 13.34 |
| 1970 | -1.97 |
| 1969 | 3.3 |
| 1968 | -4.33 |
| 1967 | 4.66 |
| 1966 | 10.5 |
| 1965 | 10.87 |
| 1964 | 0.18 |
| 1963 | -3.77 |
| 1962 | -1.73 |
| 1961 | 5.11 |