Congo - Kinshasa vs Malawi

Congo - Kinshasa vs Malawi: GDP growth

GDP growth: 8.5% a year in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023 and 1.7% a year in Malawi in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 6.6 percentage points, or 4.38 times that in Malawi.

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% a year · IMF

Congo - Kinshasa vs Malawi: GDP growthGDP growth: 8.5% a year in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023 and 1.7% a year in Malawi in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 6.6 percentage points, or 4.38 times that in Malawi.
Congo - KinshasaMalawiIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Malawi.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Congo - Kinshasa at 5.5% a year and Malawi at 3% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearCongo - KinshasaMalawi
20246.11.7
20238.51.9
20229.30.9
20216.44.6
20200.81
20190.65.4
20186.14.4
20174.24
20160.42.3
20156.43
20147.35.7
20139.65.2
20128.71.9
20117.64.9
20107.86.9
20090.68.3
20087.47.6
20078.59.6
20065.14.7
20059.83.3
20047.75.4
20036.65.7
20022.91.8
2001-2.1-4.1
2000-8.10.8
1999-3.83.5
1998-3.91.1
1997-7.86.6
1996-1.910
19952.813.8
1994-6.1-10.3
1993-13.59.7
1992-10.5-7.3
1991-8.48.7
1990-6.65.7
1989-1.31.3
19880.53.2
19872.71.6
19864.7-0.2
19850.54.6
19844.85.4
19831.43.7
1982-0.52.5
19810.9-5.2
19802.40.4
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
YearCongo - KinshasaMalawi
20255.72.5
20265.22.6
20275.72.3
20285.52.5
20295.52.7
20305.53
20315.53

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Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.

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