Ethiopia vs Malawi: Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita

Ethiopia
21.89 SDR per person
in 2024
Malawi
20.78 SDR per person
in 2020
Ethiopia rank
170th
Malawi rank
171st

Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 21.89 SDR per person against 20.78 SDR per person in Malawi, a difference of 1.11 SDR per person.

That makes Ethiopia's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Malawi ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 170th and Malawi ranks 171st of 179 countries.

Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia Malawi Difference Ahead
1960s 2.4 SDR per person 4.93 SDR per person 2.52 SDR per person Malawi
1970s 4.43 SDR per person 7.91 SDR per person 3.48 SDR per person Malawi
1980s 2.86 SDR per person 5.62 SDR per person 2.76 SDR per person Malawi
1990s 5.07 SDR per person 9.24 SDR per person 4.17 SDR per person Malawi
2000s 8.35 SDR per person 9.49 SDR per person 1.14 SDR per person Malawi
2010s 19.55 SDR per person 21.6 SDR per person 2.05 SDR per person Malawi
2020s 17.64 SDR per person 20.78 SDR per person 3.14 SDR per person Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per capita, Ethiopia or Malawi?
Ethiopia, at 21.89 SDR per person against 20.78 SDR per person in Malawi as of 2024.
What is the difference in reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per capita between Ethiopia and Malawi?
1.11 SDR per person, with Ethiopia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Malawi?
56 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2020.
How do Ethiopia and Malawi rank globally for reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per capita?
Ethiopia ranks 170th and Malawi ranks 171st of 179 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita
Unit
SDR per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
180 places, 9,460 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.