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Consumer price index — Malawi

Consumer price index in Malawi in 2025 — 1,313.22 index. Ranked 5 in the world out of 165. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 278,385.2%.

2025 1,313.22 index +28.37% vs 2024
World rank 5of 165
Period maximum 1,313.22 index2025
Period minimum 0.47 index1980

Trend over time

1980–2025 · index, 2010 = 100

Consumer price index — Malawi, 1980–202505001,0001,50019801985199019952000200520102015202020251980: 0.47 index1981: 0.53 index1982: 0.58 index1983: 0.66 index1984: 0.79 index1985: 0.87 index1986: 0.99 index1987: 1.24 index1988: 1.67 index1989: 1.87 index1990: 2.1 index1991: 2.36 index1992: 2.92 index1993: 3.59 index1994: 4.83 index1995: 8.85 index1996: 12.18 index1997: 13.29 index1998: 17.24 index1999: 24.97 index2000: 32.36 index2001: 39.7 index2002: 45.56 index2003: 49.92 index2004: 55.62 index2005: 64.2 index2006: 73.17 index2007: 78.99 index2008: 85.87 index2009: 93.1 index2010: 100 index2011: 107.62 index2012: 130.52 index2013: 166.12 index2014: 205.65 index2015: 250.62 index2016: 305.03 index2017: 340.24 index2018: 382.5 index2019: 418.34 index2020: 454.43 index2021: 496.83 index2022: 600.93 index2023: 773.94 index2024: 1,022.99 index2025: 1,313.22 index
Change over the period: +1,312.74 (+278,385.25%) Average annual rate: 19.28 %
Consumer price index — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2025 1,313.22 +290.23 +28.37%
2024 1,022.99 +249.05 +32.18%
2023 773.94 +173.01 +28.79%
2022 600.93 +104.11 +20.95%
2021 496.83 +42.4 +9.33%
2020 454.43 +36.08 +8.63%
2019 418.34 +35.84 +9.37%
2018 382.5 +42.26 +12.42%
2017 340.24 +35.21 +11.54%
2016 305.03 +54.41 +21.71%
2015 250.62 +44.97 +21.87%
2014 205.65 +39.52 +23.79%
2013 166.12 +35.61 +27.28%
2012 130.52 +22.89 +21.27%
2011 107.62 +7.62 +7.62%
2010 100 +6.9 +7.41%
2009 93.1 +7.23 +8.42%
2008 85.87 +6.88 +8.71%
2007 78.99 +5.82 +7.95%
2006 73.17 +8.97 +13.97%
2005 64.2 +8.57 +15.41%
2004 55.62 +5.71 +11.43%
2003 49.92 +4.36 +9.58%
2002 45.56 +5.85 +14.74%
2001 39.7 +7.35 +22.7%
2000 32.36 +7.39 +29.58%
1999 24.97 +7.73 +44.8%
1998 17.24 +3.95 +29.75%
1997 13.29 +1.11 +9.14%
1996 12.18 +3.33 +37.6%
1995 8.85 +4.02 +83.33%
1994 4.83 +1.24 +34.65%
1993 3.59 +0.67 +22.77%
1992 2.92 +0.56 +23.75%
1991 2.36 +0.26 +12.62%
1990 2.1 +0.22 +11.82%
1989 1.87 +0.21 +12.45%
1988 1.67 +0.42 +33.91%
1987 1.24 +0.25 +25.16%
1986 0.99 +0.12 +14.05%
1985 0.87 +0.08 +10.52%
1984 0.79 +0.13 +20.03%
1983 0.66 +0.08 +13.5%
1982 0.58 +0.05 +9.82%
1981 0.53 +0.06 +11.81%
1980 0.47

About the indicator

The consumer price index: the level of prices for the consumer basket relative to a base year taken as one hundred. Unlike inflation, which shows the change over a year, the index shows the accumulated result, and the difference between the two is large: a country with inflation of twenty percent a year reaches an index above six hundred in ten years. It is the index, not the annual percentages, that shows how many times over money has lost its value.

Important: There are no aggregates for country groups: the base year differs between countries, and indexes with different bases do not add up under any weight. For comparing countries there is annual inflation.

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