CPIA fiscal policy rating in Malawi
Malawi: CPIA fiscal policy rating was 1 1=low to 6=high in 2025. ▼ Falling
CPIA fiscal policy rating in Malawi, 2005–2025
Source: CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 1=low to 6=high.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cpia fiscal policy rating in Malawi is 1 1=low to 6=high, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of down 33.3% on the previous year and down 60.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cpia fiscal policy rating in Malawi peaked at 3.5 1=low to 6=high in 2007 and was at its lowest, 1 1=low to 6=high, in 2025.
Malawi ranks 82nd of 84 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
CPIA fiscal policy rating in Malawi, year by year
| Year | 1=low to 6=high | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 1=low to 6=high | — |
| 2006 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +16.7% |
| 2008 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3 1=low to 6=high | -14.3% |
| 2013 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | -16.7% |
| 2016 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2 1=low to 6=high | -20.0% |
| 2019 | 2 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1.5 1=low to 6=high | -25.0% |
| 2023 | 1.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 1 1=low to 6=high | -33.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.3 1=low to 6=high | 3 1=low to 6=high | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 5 |
| 2010s | 2.75 1=low to 6=high | 2 1=low to 6=high | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.58 1=low to 6=high | 1 1=low to 6=high | 2 1=low to 6=high | 6 |
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More public sector data for Malawi
- Arms imports 19.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2022)
- 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)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2016)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 19.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2022)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 5.43 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0104 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -21.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 117.59 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 201.53 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cpia fiscal policy rating in Malawi?
- Cpia fiscal policy rating in Malawi was 1 1=low to 6=high in 2025, according to CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG).
- What is the highest cpia fiscal policy rating recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 3.5 1=low to 6=high in 2007.
- What is the lowest cpia fiscal policy rating recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 1=low to 6=high in 2025.
- How does Malawi rank for cpia fiscal policy rating?
- Malawi ranks 82nd out of 84 countries with data for 2025.
- Is cpia fiscal policy rating rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of CPIA fiscal policy rating (1=low to 6=high). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The CPIA measures the extent to which a country’s policy and institutional framework supports sustainable growth and poverty reduction, and consequently the effective use of development assistance. The outcome of the exercise yields both an overall score and scores for sixteen criteria that compose the CPIA. These criteria include: A. Economic Management (1. Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies; 2. Fiscal Policy; 3. Debt Policy and Management), B. Structural Policies (4. Trade; 5. Financial Sector; 6. Business Regulatory Environment), C. Policies for Social Inclusion/Equity (7. Gender equality; 8. Equity of public resource use; 9. Building human resources; 10. Social protection and labor; 11. Policies and institutions for environmental sustainability), D. Public Sector Management and Institutions (12. Property rights and rule-based governance; 13. Quality of budgetary and financial management; 14. Efficiency of revenue mobilization; 15. Quality of public administration; 16. Transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector). This CPIA fiscal policy criterion assesses the quality of the fiscal policy in its stabilization and allocation functions. The stabilization function deals with achieving macroeconomic policy objectives in conjunction with coherent monetary and exchange rate policies—smoothing business cycle fluctuations, accommodating shocks. The allocation function is concerned with the appropriate provision of public goods. The criterion pays attention to public expenditure composition, including, for example, the provision of public infrastructure and agriculture related public goods and services that support medium-term growth.