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Malawi – Current Account Balance

Name: Malawi Current Account Balance
Creator: World Bank
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Current account balance as a share of GDP. Summarizes net trade in goods, services, income, and transfers with the rest of the world. · World Bank

-18.78% −3.04% from 2023 G20 rank: 7th · all-time high: -0.17% (1998)

APA

Malawi Current Account Balance. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/malawi/current-account

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_malawi_current-account,
  title = {Malawi Current Account Balance},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/malawi/current-account},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2030* IMF	-10.11%	–	–
2029* IMF	-11.02%	–	–
2028* IMF	-12.46%	–	–
2027* IMF	-14.23%	–	–
2026* IMF	-16.38%	–	–
2025* IMF	-18.33%	–	–
2024	-18.78%	−3.04%	7th
2023	-15.74%	+2.60%	12th
2022	-18.34%	−2.85%	11th
2021	-15.49%	−1.57%	14th
2020	-13.92%	−1.97%	21st
2019	-11.95%	+5.31%	20th
2018	-17.26%	+0.16%	13th
2017	-17.42%	−4.71%	10th
2016	-12.71%	−1.17%	19th
2015	-11.55%	+1.28%	28th
2014	-12.82%	+2.57%	20th
2013	-15.39%	−6.90%	17th
2012	-8.49%	+1.27%	52nd
2011	-9.76%	−0.19%	47th
2010	-9.57%	−3.54%	40th
2009	-6.03%	+2.92%	63rd
2008	-8.95%	−2.47%	61st
2007	-6.48%	−1.21%	65th
2006	-5.27%	+4.25%	65th
2005	-9.52%	−2.03%	33rd
2004	-7.49%	−2.16%	31st
2003	-5.33%	−1.39%	44th
2002	-3.94%	−1.55%	51st
2001	-2.40%	+0.50%	72nd
2000	-2.90%	+3.20%	74th
1999	-6.10%	−5.92%	40th
1998	-0.17%	+6.95%	110th
1997	-7.13%	−2.69%	29th
1996	-4.44%	−0.60%	56th
1995	-3.84%	+6.67%	60th
1994	-10.51%	−5.01%	6th
1993	-5.49%	+5.39%	43rd
1992	-10.88%	−3.78%	11th
1991	-7.10%	−3.95%	28th
1990	-3.15%	−0.93%	60th
1989	-2.21%	+2.11%	72nd
1988	-4.33%	−0.81%	45th
1987	-3.52%	+1.41%	51st
1986	-4.93%	+2.75%	37th
1985	-7.68%	−5.30%	20th
1984	-2.37%	+4.97%	62nd
1983	-7.35%	−0.85%	31st
1982	-6.50%	+1.58%	56th
1981	-8.08%	+6.33%	48th
1980	-14.41%	–	11th

Show all years (1980–2024)

* IMF World Economic Outlook projection

Detected Pattern▾

Currency Crisis Pattern

Rapid currency depreciation (>30% YoY) combined with reserve drawdown and inflation surge. Often precedes emergency rate hikes.

Inflation 21.7% Reserves YoY -10.4% FX YoY +43.7%

This pattern occurred 111 times in G20 history, 31 successful

Argentina 2023

Inflation

133.5%

Reserves YoY

-48.5%

FX YoY

+126.8%

Ghana 2023

Inflation

38.1%

Reserves YoY

-30.4%

FX YoY

+33.2%

Lebanon 2023

Inflation

221.3%

Reserves YoY

-15.4%

FX YoY

+820.4%

Sierra Leone 2023

Inflation

47.6%

Reserves YoY

-20.6%

FX YoY

+51.7%

Ghana 2022

Inflation

31.3%

Reserves YoY

-47.5%

FX YoY

+42.5%

24 mo later

22.8%

Lao PDR 2022

Inflation

23.0%

Reserves YoY

-19.2%

FX YoY

+44.7%

24 mo later

23.1%

HistorySaid

Over the last decade, Malawi's current account balance averaged -15.32%. The 2024 figure of -18.78% is below this long-run average. IMF projects -18.33% by 2025.