Household consumption (% of GDP) — all countries

Household consumption (% of GDP) — Malawi

Household consumption (% of GDP) in Malawi in 2025 — 84.1%. Ranked 14 in the world out of 131. Since 2017, the indicator has risen by 8.6 pp.

2025 84.1% −1.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 14of 131
Period maximum 85.3%2024
Period minimum 72.2%2019

Trend over time

2017–2025 · % of GDP

Household consumption (% of GDP) — Malawi, 2017–202570758085902017201820192020202120222023202420252017: 75.5%2018: 75.2%2019: 72.2%2020: 80%2021: 80%2022: 82.2%2023: 85.2%2024: 85.3%2025: 84.1%
Change over the period: +8.6 pp Annual average: 1.08 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Malawi 84.1%
Eastern Africa computed 72.4%
Low-income countries computed 72.8%
Household consumption (% of GDP) — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 84.1 −1.2 pp
2024 85.3 +0.1 pp
2023 85.2 +3 pp
2022 82.2 +2.2 pp
2021 80 −0 pp
2020 80 +7.8 pp
2019 72.2 −3 pp
2018 75.2 −0.3 pp
2017 75.5

About the indicator

Household final consumption expenditure as a percent of GDP — the market value of all goods and services bought by the population, including the imputed rent of owner-occupied housing. A low consumption share alongside a high share of capital formation is typical of investment- and export-driven economies; a high one, of countries short of savings.

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