Malawi's exports rose from US$1.13B in 2017 to US$1.59B in 2025.
Malawi · Trade
Exports, imports, balances, openness and composition.
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Malawi's imports rose from US$2.92B in 2017 to US$4.29B in 2025.
Malawi's merchandise exports (current us$) rose from US$481M in 1996 to US$947M in 2025.
Malawi's merchandise imports (current us$) rose from US$624M in 1996 to US$3.66B in 2025.
Malawi's services exports rose from US$24.2M in 1995 to US$508M in 2024.
Malawi's trade balance fell from US$-1.78B in 2017 to US$-2.7B in 2025.
Malawi's current account balance (us$) fell from US$-78M in 1995 to US$-2.13B in 2024.
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- Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)down −0.6 pts133rd of 138
- Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)down −1.9 pts102nd of 138
- Trade opennessdown −2.5 pts119th of 138
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- Current accountdown −3.0 pts167th of 173
- FDI inflowsup +0.7 pts104th of 192
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- High-tech exportsdown −3.7 pts106th of 125
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- Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports)up +0.0 pts116th of 127
- Food exports (% of merchandise exports)up +1.0 pts4th of 131
- Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)down −0.4 pts113th of 131
- Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)down −0.4 pts110th of 130
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- Net barter terms of trade indexup +8.3 pts132nd of 203
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- Tariffsdown −0.2 pts53rd of 158
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- FDI outflowsdown −0.0 pts76th of 170
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- Logistics performance index, overalldown −7.9 %95th of 159*