Household consumption — all countries

Household consumption — Malawi

Household consumption in Malawi in 2025 — 12,549,879,145 US$. Ranked 105 in the world out of 131. Since 2017, the indicator has risen by 85.9%.

2025 12.55B US$ +30.04% vs 2024
World rank 105of 131
Period maximum 12.55B US$2025
Period minimum 6.75B US$2017

Trend over time

2017–2025 · US$

Household consumption — Malawi, 2017–20256B8B10B12B14B2017201820192020202120222023202420252017: 6,752,686,155 US$2018: 7,432,526,631 US$2019: 7,984,404,145 US$2020: 9,415,946,788 US$2021: 9,899,730,072 US$2022: 10,210,880,508 US$2023: 11,382,902,523 US$2024: 9,651,070,648 US$2025: 12,549,879,145 US$
Change over the period: +5.8B (+85.85%) Average annual rate: 8.06 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Malawi 12.55B US$
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.83T US$
Eastern Africa computed 383B US$
Low-income countries computed 420B US$
Household consumption — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 12.55B +2.9B +30.04%
2024 9.65B −1.73B −15.21%
2023 11.38B +1.17B +11.48%
2022 10.21B +311M +3.14%
2021 9.9B +484M +5.14%
2020 9.42B +1.43B +17.93%
2019 7.98B +552M +7.43%
2018 7.43B +680M +10.07%
2017 6.75B

About the indicator

Household final consumption expenditure in current US dollars — everything people buy for themselves, from food and housing to services. This is the largest part of GDP in almost any country, usually between half and three quarters, and in absolute terms it sets the size of the consumer market. For gauging the capacity of a market the indicator is more useful than GDP: it includes neither government spending nor investment nor exports.

Important: It includes the imputed value of living in owner-occupied housing and other imputed services — computed quantities that statistical offices estimate unevenly.

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