Ethiopia vs Malawi

Ethiopia vs Malawi: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2024: 8.1% a year in Ethiopia and 1.7% a year in Malawi, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 6.4 percentage points, or 4.81 times that in Malawi.

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% a year · IMF

Ethiopia vs Malawi: GDP growthGDP growth in 2024: 8.1% a year in Ethiopia and 1.7% a year in Malawi, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 6.4 percentage points, or 4.81 times that in Malawi.
EthiopiaMalawiIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Ethiopia has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Malawi.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Ethiopia at 7.7% a year and Malawi at 3% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearEthiopiaMalawi
20248.11.7
20237.21.9
20226.40.9
20216.34.6
20206.11
201995.4
20187.74.4
201710.24
201682.3
201510.43
201410.35.7
20139.95.2
20128.71.9
201111.44.9
201010.66.9
2009108.3
200811.27.6
200711.89.6
200611.54.7
200512.63.3
200411.75.4
2003-2.15.7
20021.61.8
20017.4-4.1
20009.80.8
19996.33.5
1998-4.21.1
19972.86.6
199613.510
19956.113.8
19943.5-10.3
199313.49.7
1992-8.9-7.3
1991-7.28.7
19902.65.7
1989-0.51.3
19880.63.2
198713.91.6
19869.7-0.2
1985-11.44.6
1984-2.35.4
19837.83.7
198212.5
1981–-5.2
198040.4
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
YearEthiopiaMalawi
20259.22.5
20269.22.6
20277.82.3
20288.22.5
20298.22.7
203083
20317.73

Each country on its own

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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