Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Malawi
Malawi: Net investment in nonfinancial assets was 8.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Malawi, 2009–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2024, net investment in nonfinancial assets in Malawi stood at 8.0%.
That represents a change of up 29.8% on the previous year and up 164.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net investment in nonfinancial assets in Malawi peaked at 8.2% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 2014.
Malawi ranks 12th of 156 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Malawi, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3.8% | — |
| 2010 | 4.1% | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 3.7% | -10.4% |
| 2012 | 3.6% | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 3.7% | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 3.0% | -18.9% |
| 2015 | 3.4% | +12.2% |
| 2016 | 3.4% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 4.2% | +22.3% |
| 2018 | 3.1% | -25.1% |
| 2019 | 3.3% | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 4.2% | +25.7% |
| 2021 | 3.5% | -15.0% |
| 2022 | 8.2% | +130.2% |
| 2023 | 6.2% | -24.4% |
| 2024 | 8.0% | +29.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.8% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 1 |
| 2010s | 3.6% | 3.0% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.0% | 3.5% | 8.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 9 Bhutan 8.6% compare
- 10 Afghanistan 8.5% compare
- 11 Niger 8.5%
- 13 Azerbaijan 7.9% compare
- 14 Lesotho 7.7% compare
- 15 Solomon Islands 7.7% 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 net investment in nonfinancial assets in Malawi?
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Malawi was 8.0% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest net investment in nonfinancial assets recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 8.2% in 2022.
- What is the lowest net investment in nonfinancial assets recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 2014.
- How does Malawi rank for net investment in nonfinancial assets?
- Malawi ranks 12th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is net investment in nonfinancial assets rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 164.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Net investment in government nonfinancial assets includes fixed assets, inventories, valuables, and nonproduced assets. Nonfinancial assets are stores of value and provide benefits either through their use in the production of goods and services or in the form of property income and holding gains. Net investment in nonfinancial assets also includes consumption of fixed capital. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.