Gross capital formation in US dollars — all countries

Gross capital formation in US dollars — Malawi

Gross capital formation in US dollars in Malawi in 2025 — 2,347,175,217 US$. Ranked 118 in the world out of 131. Since 2017, the indicator has risen by 29.4%.

2025 2.35B US$ +51.23% vs 2024
World rank 118of 131
Period maximum 2.42B US$2019
Period minimum 1.55B US$2024

Trend over time

2017–2025 · US$

Gross capital formation in US dollars — Malawi, 2017–20251.5B1.75B2B2.25B2.5B2017201820192020202120222023202420252017: 1,814,404,897 US$2018: 2,101,908,968 US$2019: 2,421,672,053 US$2020: 1,966,727,054 US$2021: 2,093,830,169 US$2022: 1,980,296,875 US$2023: 1,935,470,590 US$2024: 1,552,085,131 US$2025: 2,347,175,217 US$
Change over the period: +533M (+29.36%) Average annual rate: 3.27 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Malawi

Malawi 2.35B US$
Eastern Africa computed 125B US$
Low-income countries computed 118B US$
Gross capital formation in US dollars — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 2.35B +795M +51.23%
2024 1.55B −383M −19.81%
2023 1.94B −44.83M −2.26%
2022 1.98B −114M −5.42%
2021 2.09B +127M +6.46%
2020 1.97B −455M −18.79%
2019 2.42B +320M +15.21%
2018 2.1B +288M +15.85%
2017 1.81B

About the indicator

Gross fixed capital formation and changes in inventories in current US dollars — what is commonly called investment in the economy. It covers the construction of buildings and structures, purchases of machinery and equipment, roads and networks, as well as the build-up of inventories. The word gross means that the wear of existing capital is not deducted: part of these outlays merely replaces what is retiring rather than adding to the stock.

Important: This concerns outlays on physical capital inside the country, not financial investment and not inflows of foreign capital.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.