Tax revenue in Malawi
Malawi: Tax revenue was 15.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue in Malawi, 2009–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2024, tax revenue in Malawi stood at 15.6%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 10.1% on the previous year and up 42.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue in Malawi peaked at 15.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9.3%, in 2012.
That places Malawi 84th out of 157 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Tax revenue in Malawi, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 9.9% | — |
| 2010 | 10.6% | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 10.6% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 9.3% | -12.3% |
| 2013 | 9.7% | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 10.9% | +12.8% |
| 2015 | 10.5% | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 10.6% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 12.2% | +14.5% |
| 2018 | 12.2% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 12.0% | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 12.1% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 11.6% | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 13.5% | +16.5% |
| 2023 | 14.2% | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 15.6% | +10.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.9% | 9.9% | 9.9% | 1 |
| 2010s | 10.9% | 9.3% | 12.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.4% | 11.6% | 15.6% | 5 |
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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 tax revenue in Malawi?
- Tax revenue in Malawi was 15.6% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest tax revenue recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 15.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest tax revenue recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.3% in 2012.
- How does Malawi rank for tax revenue?
- Malawi ranks 84th out of 157 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tax revenue rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.5%. 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 Tax revenue (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units. 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.