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Services share of GDP — Malawi

Services share of GDP in Malawi in 2025 — 48.7%. Ranked 117 in the world out of 158. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 11.4 pp.

2025 48.7% +4.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 117of 158
Period maximum 53.9%2016
Period minimum 27.2%1989

Trend over time

1980–2025 · % of GDP

Services share of GDP — Malawi, 1980–2025203040506019801985199019952000200520102015202020251980: 37.3%1981: 41.4%1982: 41.3%1983: 39.8%1984: 41.1%1985: 38.2%1986: 38.9%1987: 30.2%1988: 30.1%1989: 27.2%1990: 28.3%1991: 33%1992: 31.6%1993: 32.4%1994: 51.8%1995: 49.6%1996: 47.9%1997: 52.2%1998: 48.3%1999: 46.9%2000: 45.6%2001: 47.8%2002: 47.1%2003: 46%2004: 46.5%2005: 47.8%2006: 48.9%2007: 49.6%2008: 49.9%2009: 50.4%2010: 51.2%2011: 51.7%2012: 52.5%2013: 52.5%2014: 52.6%2015: 53.2%2016: 53.9%2017: 53.1%2018: 53.5%2019: 52.5%2020: 50.3%2021: 49.8%2022: 49.2%2023: 45.1%2024: 44.2%2025: 48.7%
Change over the period: +11.4 pp Annual average: 0.25 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Malawi 48.7%
World computed 59.9%
Sub-Saharan Africa 50.2%
Eastern Africa computed 44.7%
Low-income countries computed 42%
Services share of GDP — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 48.7 +4.4 pp
2024 44.2 −0.9 pp
2023 45.1 −4.1 pp
2022 49.2 −0.5 pp
2021 49.8 −0.6 pp
2020 50.3 −2.2 pp
2019 52.5 −1 pp
2018 53.5 +0.4 pp
2017 53.1 −0.8 pp
2016 53.9 +0.7 pp
2015 53.2 +0.6 pp
2014 52.6 +0.1 pp
2013 52.5 −0 pp
2012 52.5 +0.8 pp
2011 51.7 +0.5 pp
2010 51.2 +0.8 pp
2009 50.4 +0.5 pp
2008 49.9 +0.3 pp
2007 49.6 +0.7 pp
2006 48.9 +1.1 pp
2005 47.8 +1.3 pp
2004 46.5 +0.5 pp
2003 46 −1.1 pp
2002 47.1 −0.7 pp
2001 47.8 +2.3 pp
2000 45.6 −1.3 pp
1999 46.9 −1.4 pp
1998 48.3 −3.9 pp
1997 52.2 +4.3 pp
1996 47.9 −1.7 pp
1995 49.6 −2.2 pp
1994 51.8 +19.3 pp
1993 32.4 +0.9 pp
1992 31.6 −1.5 pp
1991 33 +4.8 pp
1990 28.3 +1.1 pp
1989 27.2 −2.9 pp
1988 30.1 −0.1 pp
1987 30.2 −8.7 pp
1986 38.9 +0.7 pp
1985 38.2 −2.9 pp
1984 41.1 +1.3 pp
1983 39.8 −1.5 pp
1982 41.3 −0.1 pp
1981 41.4 +4.1 pp
1980 37.3 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

DJ Djibouti 75.7 SC Seychelles 67.9 MU Mauritius 63.9 ZM Zambia 57 KE Kenya 55.1 RW Rwanda 52.3 MG Madagascar 48.8 KM Comoros 48.8 MW Malawi 48.7 ZW Zimbabwe 48.2 UG Uganda 42.1 BI Burundi 42.1 MZ Mozambique 42 ET Ethiopia 36.6 TZ Tanzania 28.8
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of value added by the service sector in GDP: wholesale and retail trade, transport, communications, finance, real estate, business and government services, education and health care. In most high-income countries it exceeds 70%; in small island states and tourism economies it reaches 80–90%.

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

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