Malawi recorded a Current Account deficit of 19.50 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. Current Account to GDP in Malawi averaged -12.66 percent of GDP from 1977 until 2024, reaching an all time high of -0.25 percent of GDP in 1998 and a record low of -25.10 percent of GDP in 1979. source: Reserve Bank of Malawi
Current Account to GDP in Malawi is expected to reach -16.90 percent of GDP by the end of 2026, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Malawi Current Account to GDP is projected to trend around -12.10 percent of GDP in 2027, according to our econometric models.