Ghana vs Malawi

Ghana vs Malawi: GDP growth

GDP growth: 6% a year in Ghana in 2025 and 1.7% a year in Malawi in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ghana, by 4.2 percentage points, or 3.49 times that in Malawi.

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% a year · IMF

Ghana vs Malawi: GDP growthGDP growth: 6% a year in Ghana in 2025 and 1.7% a year in Malawi in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ghana, by 4.2 percentage points, or 3.49 times that in Malawi.
GhanaMalawiIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Ghana has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Malawi.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Ghana at 5% a year and Malawi at 3% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearGhanaMalawi
202562.5
20245.81.7
20233.11.9
20223.80.9
20215.14.6
20200.51
20196.55.4
20186.24.4
20178.14
20163.42.3
20152.13
20142.95.7
20137.25.2
20128.41.9
2011144.9
20107.86.9
20095.78.3
200897.6
20074.19.6
20065.84.7
20056.23.3
20045.45.4
20035.15.7
20024.61.8
20013.8-4.1
20003.60.8
19994.53.5
199851.1
19975.86.6
19964.810
19954.213.8
19943.5-10.3
19934.89.7
19924.5-7.3
19914.88.7
19903.65.7
19894.51.3
19886.53.2
19876.71.6
19866.2-0.2
19856.44.6
19849.45.4
1983-6.23.7
1982-8.32.5
1981-3.8-5.2
19800.50.4
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearGhanaMalawi
20265.72.6
20275.22.3
202852.5
202952.7
203053
203153

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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.
  • Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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