CPIA quality of budgetary and financial management rating in Malawi
Malawi: CPIA quality of budgetary and financial management rating was 2.5 1=low to 6=high in 2025. ▼ Falling
CPIA quality of budgetary and financial management rating in Malawi, 2005–2025
Source: CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 1=low to 6=high.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 2.5 1=low to 6=high for cpia quality of budgetary and financial management rating in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cpia quality of budgetary and financial management rating in Malawi peaked at 3.5 1=low to 6=high in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2.5 1=low to 6=high, in 2013.
Malawi ranks 57th of 85 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
CPIA quality of budgetary and financial management 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 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | -16.7% |
| 2014 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +20.0% |
| 2015 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +16.7% |
| 2017 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3 1=low to 6=high | -14.3% |
| 2020 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | -16.7% |
| 2023 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3 1=low to 6=high | 3 1=low to 6=high | 3 1=low to 6=high | 5 |
| 2010s | 3.1 1=low to 6=high | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.67 1=low to 6=high | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 3 1=low to 6=high | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 57 Angola 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 57 Burundi 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 57 Central African Republic 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 57 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 57 Dominica 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 57 Guinea 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 57 Guinea-Bissau 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 57 Kiribati 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 57 Lesotho 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 57 Liberia 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 57 Madagascar 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 57 Micronesia, Federated States of 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 57 Mozambique 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 57 Myanmar 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 57 Nicaragua 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 57 Niger 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 57 Nigeria 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 57 Somalia 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 57 Tuvalu 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 57 Zimbabwe 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
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 quality of budgetary and financial management rating in Malawi?
- Cpia quality of budgetary and financial management rating in Malawi was 2.5 1=low to 6=high in 2025, according to CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG).
- What is the highest cpia quality of budgetary and financial management rating recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 3.5 1=low to 6=high in 2016.
- What is the lowest cpia quality of budgetary and financial management rating recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5 1=low to 6=high in 2013.
- How does Malawi rank for cpia quality of budgetary and financial management rating?
- Malawi ranks 57th out of 85 countries with data for 2025.
- Is cpia quality of budgetary and financial management rating rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. 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 quality of budgetary and financial management 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). The quality of budgetary and financial management criterion assesses the extent to which there is: (a) a comprehensive and credible budget, linked to policy priorities; (b) effective financial management systems to ensure that the budget is implemented as intended in a controlled and predictable way; and (c) timely and accurate accounting and fiscal reporting, including timely audit of public accounts and effective arrangements for follow up.