MWK
Malawi
Malawi's GDP per capita is $672, the 3rd lowest of 127. And its inflation rate is 28.37 %, ranked 121st of 126.
Of 11 fields published for Malawi, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
35 % of US prices
Money's value
2.50 %
100 saved in Malawi in 2000 buys what 3 buys today — 98 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Minimum wage
$179 PPP/mo
The law in Malawi sets the floor at about $179 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Inflation rate
28.37 %
At 28.4 % a year, prices double in about 3 years if it holds.
Minimum wage
$179 PPP/mo
ranked 78th of 86
Price level
35 % of US prices
ranked 36th of 125
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Madagascar
avg gap 13 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: government debt — 78.40 % (Malawi) vs 48.70 %
Zambia
avg gap 13.6 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: public holidays — 11 days (Malawi) vs 16 days
Mozambique
avg gap 14.8 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP growth — 1.89 % (Malawi) vs -0.52 %
Kenya
avg gap 15 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP growth — 1.89 % (Malawi) vs 4.63 %
| GDP growth | 1.89 % | ranked 83rd of 127 | |
| Public holidays | 11 days | ranked 58th of 104 | |
| Unemployment rate | 5.07 % | ranked 58th of 124 |
✓ 11 fields published for Malawi, every one dated and sourced · 24 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Malawi: mortgage rate, real policy rate, deposit rate, savings vs inflation, bank spread, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, monthly earnings, median earnings, median income, vat, corporate tax, top income tax, currency.
Sources for all 11 figures
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2024
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2023
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
What changed
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 415 → 526 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 61.8124167800324 → 78.4 |