Malawi: Net errors and omissions
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| Malawi |
Balance of payments, net errors and omissions |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 494.44 |
| Year | 2024 |
| Measure | million USD |
| Data availability | 1977 - 2024 |
| Average | 71.23 |
| Min - Max | -421.36 - 701.98 |
| Source | The World Bank |
| Available for | Data download |
The latest value from 2024 is 494.44 million USD, a decline from 511.77 million USD in 2023. In comparison, the world average is -44.15 million USD, based on data from 159 countries. Historically, the average for Malawi from 1977 to 2024 is 71.23 million USD. The minimum value, -421.36 million USD, was reached in 1998 while the maximum of 701.98 million USD was recorded in 2021.
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| Recent values | Malawi: Net errors and omissions |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 494.44 |
| 2023 | 511.77 |
| 2022 | 638.12 |
| 2021 | 701.98 |
| 2020 | 262.68 |
| 2019 | -140.22 |
| 2018 | 180.33 |
| 2017 | 327.51 |
Definition: Net errors and omissions constitute a residual category needed to ensure that accounts in the balance of payments statement sum to zero. Net errors and omissions are derived as the balance on the financial account minus the balances on the current and capital accounts. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Terms of trade | 96.30 | 2024 | percent |
| Trade openness | 39.40 | 2025 | percent |
| Financial openness | -1.248 | 2022 | index points |
| Exports, percent of GDP | 10.65 | 2025 | percent |
| Exports, billion dollars | 1.59 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Growth of exports | 3.00 | 2025 | percent |
| Imports, percent of GDP | 28.75 | 2025 | percent |
| Imports, billion dollars | 4.29 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP | 2.28 | 2024 | percent |
| Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars | 0.26 | 2024 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Portfolio investment inflows, equities | 0.48 | 2015 | million dollars (current) |
| Current account, percent of GDP | -18.79 | 2024 | percent |
| Current account, in dollars | -2.13 | 2024 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Trade balance, percent of GDP | -18.10 | 2025 | percent |
| Trade balance, in dollars | -2.39 | 2024 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Reserves | 0.59 | 2020 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Remittances, percent of GDP | 1.65 | 2024 | percent |
| Remittances | 305.71 | 2025 | million U.S. dollars |
| Net errors and omissions | 494.44 | 2024 | million USD |
| External debt | 26.82 | 2023 | percent |
| Short-term external debt | 0.38 | 2023 | percent |
| Short-term debt to reserves | 30.01 | 2020 | percent |