Malawi - Inflation Rate 2018
12.42%
+0.88pp from 2017
Malawi's inflation rate was 12.42% in 2018, increased +0.88pp from 11.54% in 2017. This was the 181st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2018▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Eritrea | -14.40% | -8.2% |
| 2nd | Burundi | -2.81% | -117.8% |
| 3rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | -1.04% | -249.0% |
| 4th | Rwanda | -0.31% | -106.5% |
| 5th | Ecuador | -0.22% | -153.7% |
| 6th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.20% | -191.6% |
| 7th | Maldives | -0.13% | -105.9% |
| 8th | Djibouti | 0.15% | -74.4% |
| 9th | Qatar | 0.26% | -57.6% |
| 10th | Belize | 0.27% | -76.5% |
| 11th | Mali | 0.30% | -87.5% |
| 12th | Iraq | 0.37% | 83.7% |
| 13th | Guinea-Bissau | 0.38% | 305.0% |
| 14th | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.40% | -45.5% |
| 15th | Singapore | 0.44% | -24.0% |
| 16th | Senegal | 0.46% | -59.7% |
| 17th | Ireland | 0.47% | 81.9% |
| 18th | Kuwait | 0.54% | -65.2% |
| 19th | Kiribati | 0.56% | 58.4% |
| 20th | Greece | 0.63% | -45.0% |
| 21st | Afghanistan | 0.63% | -87.4% |
| 22nd | Panama | 0.76% | -13.1% |
| 23rd | Marshall Islands | 0.80% | 1,504.0% |
| 24th | Grenada | 0.80% | -11.8% |
| 25th | Israel | 0.81% | 232.7% |
| 26th | Denmark | 0.81% | -23.1% |
| 27th | Malaysia | 0.88% | -76.7% |
| 28th | Oman | 0.89% | -39.0% |
| 29th | Benin | 0.92% | -48.0% |
| 30th | Togo | 0.93% | 531.5% |
| 31st | Liechtenstein | 0.94% | 74.8% |
| 32nd | Switzerland | 0.94% | 75.0% |
| 33rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.94% | -94.8% |
| 34th | Japan | 0.99% | 103.1% |
| 35th | Dominica | 0.99% | 234.2% |
| 36th | Portugal | 0.99% | -36.1% |
| 37th | Andorra | 1.00% | -61.5% |
| 38th | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.02% | -45.9% |
| 39th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.03% | 181.3% |
| 40th | Kosovo | 1.05% | -29.2% |
| 41st | Equatorial Guinea | 1.06% | 42.1% |
| 42nd | Thailand | 1.06% | 60.2% |
| 43rd | Cameroon | 1.07% | 66.7% |
| 44th | Nauru | 1.07% | -76.0% |
| 45th | Finland | 1.08% | 29.2% |
| 46th | El Salvador | 1.09% | 7.5% |
| 47th | Italy | 1.14% | -14.2% |
| 48th | Congo, Republic of | 1.15% | 156.7% |
| 49th | Malta | 1.16% | -8.2% |
| 50th | San Marino | 1.16% | 14.7% |
| 51st | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.21% | -50.4% |
| 52nd | Cabo Verde | 1.26% | 60.5% |
| 53rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.27% | -27.4% |
| 54th | Guyana | 1.28% | -34.0% |
| 55th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.42% | 75.0% |
| 56th | Cyprus | 1.44% | 113.3% |
| 57th | North Macedonia | 1.46% | 7.9% |
| 58th | Korea | 1.48% | -24.1% |
| 59th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.50% | 1,429.0% |
| 60th | Croatia | 1.50% | 15.2% |
| 61st | Peru | 1.51% | -46.2% |
| 62nd | Luxembourg | 1.53% | -27.7% |
| 63rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 1.54% | -51.4% |
| 64th | New Zealand | 1.60% | -13.7% |
| 65th | Central African Republic | 1.61% | -61.4% |
| 66th | Spain | 1.67% | -17.7% |
| 67th | Netherlands | 1.70% | 31.6% |
| 68th | Germany | 1.73% | 1.8% |
| 69th | Slovenia | 1.74% | 21.7% |
| 70th | European Union | 1.74% | 21.7% |
| 71st | Morocco | 1.80% | 123.8% |
| 72nd | Poland | 1.81% | -7.9% |
| 73rd | France | 1.85% | 58.7% |
| 74th | Australia | 1.91% | -4.2% |
| 75th | St. Lucia | 1.94% | 1,761.2% |
| 76th | Sweden | 1.95% | 4.6% |
| 77th | Burkina Faso | 1.96% | 31.9% |
| 78th | Serbia | 1.96% | -37.4% |
| 79th | Austria | 2.00% | -10.3% |
| 80th | Albania | 2.03% | 2.2% |
| 81st | Lao PDR | 2.04% | 147.3% |
| 82nd | Belgium | 2.05% | -7.7% |
| 83rd | China | 2.07% | 32.2% |
| 84th | Bahrain | 2.09% | 50.6% |
| 85th | Palau | 2.11% | 91.6% |
| 86th | Sri Lanka | 2.14% | -67.6% |
| 87th | Czechia | 2.15% | -12.3% |
| 88th | Comoros | 2.15% | 2,238.6% |
| 89th | Tuvalu | 2.16% | -47.1% |
| 90th | Costa Rica | 2.22% | 36.6% |
| 91st | Bahamas, The | 2.27% | 51.1% |
| 92nd | Canada | 2.27% | 42.0% |
| 93rd | Azerbaijan | 2.27% | -82.5% |
| 94th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.27% | -19.5% |
| 95th | United Kingdom | 2.29% | -14.5% |
| 96th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.32% | 7.9% |
| 97th | Vanuatu | 2.33% | -24.0% |
| 98th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 2.41% | 61.1% |
| 99th | Chile | 2.43% | 11.6% |
| 100th | United States | 2.44% | 14.6% |
| 101st | Cambodia | 2.46% | -15.3% |
| 102nd | Saudi Arabia | 2.47% | 394.3% |
| 103rd | Slovak Republic | 2.51% | 80.5% |
| 104th | Armenia | 2.52% | 168.4% |
| 105th | Latvia | 2.53% | -12.4% |
| 106th | Curaçao | 2.58% | 62.9% |
| 107th | Montenegro | 2.61% | 9.7% |
| 108th | Georgia | 2.62% | -56.7% |
| 109th | Uganda | 2.62% | -53.1% |
| 110th | Timor-Leste | 2.64% | 404.1% |
| 111th | Iceland | 2.68% | 51.7% |
| 112th | Lithuania | 2.70% | -27.4% |
| 113th | Bhutan | 2.72% | -37.2% |
| 114th | Norway | 2.76% | 47.5% |
| 115th | Bulgaria | 2.81% | 136.9% |
| 116th | Hungary | 2.85% | 21.1% |
| 117th | Russian Federation | 2.88% | -21.8% |
| 118th | Niger | 2.97% | 1,827.0% |
| 119th | Macao SAR, China | 3.00% | 144.9% |
| 120th | Moldova | 3.05% | -53.2% |
| 121st | Mauritania | 3.07% | 35.2% |
| 122nd | United Arab Emirates | 3.07% | 56.1% |
| 123rd | Indonesia | 3.20% | -16.0% |
| 124th | Mauritius | 3.22% | -12.5% |
| 125th | Botswana | 3.24% | -1.8% |
| 126th | Colombia | 3.24% | -24.8% |
| 127th | Estonia | 3.44% | -5.9% |
| 128th | Solomon Islands | 3.46% | 588.2% |
| 129th | Tanzania | 3.49% | -34.3% |
| 130th | Viet Nam | 3.54% | 0.5% |
| 131st | Dominican Republic | 3.56% | 8.7% |
| 132nd | Aruba | 3.63% | 452.7% |
| 133rd | Brazil | 3.66% | 6.4% |
| 134th | Barbados | 3.67% | -17.0% |
| 135th | Seychelles | 3.70% | 32.3% |
| 136th | Jamaica | 3.74% | -14.6% |
| 137th | Guatemala | 3.75% | -15.2% |
| 138th | Tajikistan | 3.84% | -47.4% |
| 139th | Mozambique | 3.91% | -75.2% |
| 140th | India | 3.94% | 9.8% |
| 141st | Paraguay | 3.98% | 10.0% |
| 142nd | Fiji | 4.08% | 21.9% |
| 143rd | Samoa | 4.20% | 211.8% |
| 144th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 4.27% | 7.8% |
| 145th | Algeria | 4.27% | -23.6% |
| 146th | Chad | 4.27% | 568.7% |
| 147th | Namibia | 4.29% | -30.2% |
| 148th | Honduras | 4.35% | 10.5% |
| 149th | Papua New Guinea | 4.37% | -19.3% |
| 150th | Nepal | 4.41% | -2.0% |
| 151st | Jordan | 4.46% | 34.2% |
| 152nd | South Africa | 4.51% | -14.8% |
| 153rd | Romania | 4.63% | 244.2% |
| 154th | Kenya | 4.69% | -41.3% |
| 155th | Gabon | 4.75% | 79.1% |
| 156th | Lesotho | 4.75% | 6.6% |
| 157th | Eswatini | 4.82% | -22.6% |
| 158th | Belarus | 4.87% | -19.2% |
| 159th | Mexico | 4.90% | -18.9% |
| 160th | Nicaragua | 4.95% | 28.5% |
| 161st | Tonga | 5.03% | -30.1% |
| 162nd | Pakistan | 5.08% | 6.3% |
| 163rd | Philippines | 5.31% | 86.1% |
| 164th | Bangladesh | 5.54% | 1.9% |
| 165th | Lebanon | 6.08% | 35.5% |
| 166th | Kazakhstan | 6.16% | -17.4% |
| 167th | Gambia, The | 6.52% | -19.0% |
| 168th | Mongolia | 6.82% | 59.3% |
| 169th | Myanmar | 6.87% | 70.3% |
| 170th | Suriname | 6.94% | -68.5% |
| 171st | Tunisia | 7.31% | 37.6% |
| 172nd | Zambia | 7.49% | 14.0% |
| 173rd | Uruguay | 7.61% | 22.3% |
| 174th | Ghana | 7.81% | -36.9% |
| 175th | São Tomé and Principe | 7.87% | 38.3% |
| 176th | Madagascar | 8.59% | 0.0% |
| 177th | Guinea | 9.83% | 10.2% |
| 178th | Zimbabwe | 10.62% | 1,070.8% |
| 179th | Ukraine | 10.95% | -24.2% |
| 180th | Nigeria | 12.10% | -26.7% |
| 181st | Malawi | 12.42% | 7.6% |
| 182nd | Haiti | 12.48% | 17.6% |
| 183rd | Libya | 13.17% | -49.0% |
| 184th | Turkmenistan | 13.30% | 65.4% |
| 185th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 14.40% | -38.8% |
| 186th | Sierra Leone | 16.03% | -12.0% |
| 187th | Türkiye | 16.33% | 46.6% |
| 188th | Uzbekistan | 17.52% | 26.3% |
| 189th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 18.01% | 118.8% |
| 190th | Angola | 19.63% | -34.2% |
| 191st | Liberia | 23.56% | 89.5% |
| 192nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 29.27% | -18.1% |
| 193rd | Yemen, Republic of | 33.65% | 10.7% |
| 194th | Argentina | 34.28% | 33.5% |
| 195th | Sudan | 63.29% | 95.6% |
| 196th | South Sudan | 83.50% | -60.8% |
FAQ
What was Malawi's inflation rate in 2018?▾
Malawi's inflation rate in 2018 was 12.42%. This ranked 181st globally.
How did Malawi's inflation rate change in 2018?▾
Malawi's inflation rate increased by 7.6% in 2018 compared to 2017.
Which country had the highest inflation rate in 2018?▾
South Sudan had the highest inflation rate in 2018 at 83.50%.
What is the inflation rate of Malawi in 2018?▾
The inflation rate of Malawi in 2018 was 12.42%. This ranked 181st globally.
How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Malawi's inflation rate?▾
Malawi's inflation rate went from 11.54% in 2017 to 12.42% in 2018, a 7.6% increase.
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