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Malawi - Total External Debt Stocks (% of GDP) 31.75

World Bank · updated 2026-10-03 · 175 economies tracked

Latest value

31.75 (2024)

Global rank

##43 of 175 economies

Share of global total

0.2%

Growth since 1990

0.86×

Ranking Race — Total External Debt Stocks (% of GDP)

1 = global #1 · lower value ranks higher

#1#16#31#46#61#76#9119901995200020052010201520202025#33#432019 overtook Mali2020 overtook Burundi
MalawiAlgeriaNaoeroRussian FederationChina

Real annual global ranks, 1990 - 2025. Malawi climbed from #33 to #43 (overtook Mali). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

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Key Events — Malawi

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1992
Fell 23 places in global rank auto
1994
Fell 35 places in global rank auto
1996
Climbed 23 places in global rank auto
1998
Fell 27 places in global rank auto
2003
Fell 22 places in global rank auto
2006
Climbed 79 places in global rank auto
2019
Overtook Mali in global rank auto
2020
Overtook Burundi in global rank auto

Total External Debt Stocks (% of GDP), 1990-2024

World Bank · % of GDP · linear scale · ranking in the race above
1990200020102020202410.4230.450.3770.35

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