Government consumption in US dollars — all countries

Government consumption in US dollars — Malawi

Government consumption in US dollars in Malawi in 2025 — 2,721,690,968 US$. Ranked 107 in the world out of 132. Since 2017, the indicator has risen by 34.5%.

2025 2.72B US$ +26.32% vs 2024
World rank 107of 132
Period maximum 2.72B US$2025
Period minimum 2.02B US$2017

Trend over time

2017–2025 · US$

Government consumption in US dollars — Malawi, 2017–20252B2.2B2.4B2.6B2.8B2017201820192020202120222023202420252017: 2,023,572,023 US$2018: 2,201,281,749 US$2019: 2,475,866,280 US$2020: 2,464,800,844 US$2021: 2,578,931,508 US$2022: 2,660,788,392 US$2023: 2,544,378,893 US$2024: 2,154,586,517 US$2025: 2,721,690,968 US$
Change over the period: +698M (+34.5%) Average annual rate: 3.77 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Malawi 2.72B US$
Eastern Africa computed 56.51B US$
Low-income countries computed 70.79B US$
Government consumption in US dollars — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 2.72B +567M +26.32%
2024 2.15B −390M −15.32%
2023 2.54B −116M −4.38%
2022 2.66B +81.86M +3.17%
2021 2.58B +114M +4.63%
2020 2.46B −11.07M −0.45%
2019 2.48B +275M +12.47%
2018 2.2B +178M +8.78%
2017 2.02B

About the indicator

Government final consumption expenditure in current US dollars: compensation of employees in the public sector, purchases of goods and services for the current work of the state, and spending on defense and security. This is not the whole budget: pensions, benefits and other transfers are left out because they are recorded as household income, while public investment is recorded as capital formation. The quantity therefore comes to roughly two thirds of total budget expense, not all of it.

Important: Not to be confused with budget expense: transfers and capital outlays are not counted here. This same indicator serves as the weight when aggregating military spending as a share of government spending.

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