Editing Economy of Malawi (section)

==Economic indicators==
The following figures are taken from the CIA World Factbook,<ref name="factbook"/> unless otherwise indicated.

'''GDP:'''
purchasing power parity = $22.37 billion (2017 est.)
[[File:Malawi interest rates.JPG|240px|thumb|Interest rates advertised by Malawi Savings Bank in Nchalo, Malawi on 30 September 2008]]
[[File:Malawi Kwacha xchg rates.JPG|240px|thumb|Exchange rates advertised by a currency trader in [[Lilongwe]] on 7 October 2008]]
[[File:Malawi Holiday 100.JPG|240px|thumb|Reserve Bank of Malawi Mzuzu Branch under construction in [[Mzuzu]], a fast-growing city. July 2008]]

'''GDP - real growth rate:'''
4% (2017 est.)

'''GDP - per capita:'''
purchasing power parity - $1200 (2017 est.)

'''GDP - composition by sector:'''
<br />''agriculture:''
28.1%
<br />''industry:''
15.8%
<br />''services:''
56.1% (2016 est.)

'''Population below poverty line:'''
50.7% (2010 est.)

'''Inflation rate (consumer prices):'''
23% (2014 est.)

'''Labor force:'''
7 million (2013 est.)

'''Labor force - by occupation:'''
agriculture 76.9%, industry and services 23.1% (2013 est.)

'''Unemployment rate:'''
NA%

'''Budget:'''
<br />''revenues:''
$1.346 billion (2017 est.)
<br />''expenditures:''
$1.556 billion (2017 est.)

'''Public Debt'''
59.3% of GDP (2017 est.)

'''Industries:'''
[[tobacco]], [[tea]], [[sugar]], sawmill products, [[cement]], consumer goods, cotton, consumer goods, uranium and coal mining

'''Industrial production growth rate:'''
2.8% (2013 est.)

'''Electricity - production:'''
1.973 billion kWh (2010 est.)

'''Electricity - consumption:'''
1.835 billion kWh (2010 est.)

'''Agriculture - products:'''
[[tobacco]], [[sugar cane]], [[cotton]], [[tea]], [[maize]], [[potato]]es, [[cassava]] ([[tapioca]]), [[sorghum]], [[legume|pulse]]s; [[cattle]], [[goat]]s

'''Exports:'''
$1.427 billion (2013 est.)

'''Exports - commodities:'''
[[tobacco]], [[tea]], [[sugar]], [[cotton]], [[coffee]], [[peanut]]s, wood products, apparel, uranium and its compounds

'''Exports - partners:'''
Canada 10.6%, Zimbabwe 9.3%, Germany 7.3%, South Africa 6.6%, Russia 6.5%, US 6.1%, China 4.2% (2012)

'''Imports:'''
$2.42 billion (2013 est.)

'''Imports - commodities:'''
food, petroleum products, semimanufactures, consumer goods, transportation equipment

'''Imports - partners:'''
South Africa 27%, China 16.6%, India 8.7%, Zambia 8.5%, Tanzania 5.1%, US 4.3% (2012)

'''Current account balance'''
- $280.1 million (2013 est.)

'''Debt - external:'''
$1.556 billion (31 December 2013 est.)

'''Economic aid - recipient:'''

$575.3 million (2005)

'''Foreign direct investment - inflow'''
$129.5 million (2014)

'''Currency:'''
1 Malawian kwacha (MK) = 100 tambala

'''Exchange rates:'''
Malawian kwachas per US dollar -730.00 (20/June/2016), 460.00 (20/Jan/2015), 360.00 (6/Feb/2013), 165.961 (1/Sep/2011), 145.179 (2009), 135.96 (2006), 108.894 (2005), 108.898 (2004), 97.433 (2003), 76.687 (2002)

'''Fiscal year:'''
1 July - 30 June
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