What is the difference in gold reserves at market value (sdr), per capita between Malawi and Zambia?

0.6429 SDR per person, with Malawi ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Zambia?

40 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2014.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Gold reserves at market value (SDR), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Malawi vs Zambia: Gold reserves at market value (SDR), per capita

Malawi

0.6429 SDR per person

in 2014

Zambia

0 SDR per person

in 2020

Malawi rank

114th

Zambia rank

117th

Gold reserves at market value (SDR), per capita over time

Malawi
Zambia

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 0.6429 SDR per person against 0 SDR per person in Zambia, a difference of 0.6429 SDR per person.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Zambia ahead.

Malawi ranks 114th and Zambia ranks 117th of 159 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 3 and Zambia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1970s	0.1588 SDR per person	5.67 SDR per person	5.51 SDR per person	Zambia
1980s	0.6041 SDR per person	5.84 SDR per person	5.23 SDR per person	Zambia
1990s	0.2977 SDR per person	0.2016 SDR per person	0.0961 SDR per person	Malawi
2000s	0.3743 SDR per person	0 SDR per person	0.3743 SDR per person	Malawi
2010s	0.7551 SDR per person	0 SDR per person	0.7551 SDR per person	Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gold reserves at market value (sdr), per capita, Malawi or Zambia?: Malawi, at 0.6429 SDR per person against 0 SDR per person in Zambia as of 2014.
What is the difference in gold reserves at market value (sdr), per capita between Malawi and Zambia?: 0.6429 SDR per person, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Zambia?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2014.
How do Malawi and Zambia rank globally for gold reserves at market value (sdr), per capita?: Malawi ranks 114th and Zambia ranks 117th of 159 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Gold reserves at market value (SDR), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Gold reserves at market value (SDR), per capita
Unit: SDR per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 160 places, 7,752 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Gold reserves at market value (SDR) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.