Agriculture share of Government Expenditure (%) in Malawi
Malawi: Agriculture share of Government Expenditure (%) was 8.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Agriculture share of Government Expenditure in Malawi, 2001–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 8.3% for agriculture share of government expenditure in 2024.
The figure is down 6.3% on the previous year and down 51.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture share of government expenditure in Malawi peaked at 24.7% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 6.9%, in 2001.
That places Malawi 5th out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Agriculture share of Government Expenditure (%) in Malawi, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6.9% | — |
| 2002 | 9.1% | +32.5% |
| 2003 | 10.0% | +10.1% |
| 2004 | 13.3% | +33.1% |
| 2005 | 14.7% | +10.3% |
| 2006 | 9.8% | -33.4% |
| 2007 | 24.5% | +150.2% |
| 2008 | 15.1% | -38.3% |
| 2009 | 17.5% | +15.8% |
| 2010 | 17.8% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 14.9% | -15.8% |
| 2012 | 12.2% | -18.4% |
| 2013 | 18.1% | +48.5% |
| 2014 | 17.1% | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 24.7% | +44.8% |
| 2016 | 14.8% | -40.3% |
| 2017 | 16.1% | +9.3% |
| 2018 | 9.7% | -40.1% |
| 2019 | 10.1% | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 9.6% | -4.9% |
| 2021 | 9.9% | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 10.1% | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 8.9% | -12.5% |
| 2024 | 8.3% | -6.3% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 8.3% is above the median for low income countries, which is 2.8%, 3.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 8.3% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2.7%, 3.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agriculture share of Government Expenditure (%) in Malawi changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +150.2% | 9.8% | 24.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.4% | 6.9% | 24.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 15.5% | 9.7% | 24.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.4% | 8.3% | 10.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 2 Turkmenistan 9.1% compare
- 3 Central African Republic 8.8% compare
- 4 Bangladesh 8.7% compare
- 6 Eswatini 7.5% compare
- 7 South Sudan 7.3% compare
- 8 Senegal 7.2% compare
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- Elected parliament, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
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- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.9237 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2022)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0015 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2022)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture share of government expenditure in Malawi?
- Agriculture share of government expenditure in Malawi was 8.3% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest agriculture share of government expenditure recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 24.7% in 2015.
- What is the lowest agriculture share of government expenditure recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.9% in 2001.
- How does Malawi rank for agriculture share of government expenditure?
- Malawi ranks 5th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agriculture share of government expenditure rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Agriculture share of Government Expenditure (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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