Real effective exchange rate index in Malawi
Malawi: Real effective exchange rate index was 103.17 2010 = 100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Real effective exchange rate index in Malawi, 1980–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in 2010 = 100.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 103.17 2010 = 100 for real effective exchange rate index in 2025.
The figure is up 22.0% on the previous year and up 28.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, real effective exchange rate index in Malawi peaked at 214.84 2010 = 100 in 1984 and was at its lowest, 65.4 2010 = 100, in 2013.
That places Malawi 49th out of 95 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 46 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 193.86 2010 = 100 | 164.4 2010 = 100 | 214.84 2010 = 100 | 10 |
| 1990s | 159.64 2010 = 100 | 115.25 2010 = 100 | 197.98 2010 = 100 | 10 |
| 2000s | 114.46 2010 = 100 | 95.07 2010 = 100 | 158.24 2010 = 100 | 10 |
| 2010s | 80.2 2010 = 100 | 65.4 2010 = 100 | 100 2010 = 100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.35 2010 = 100 | 84.58 2010 = 100 | 103.17 2010 = 100 | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Malawi
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 7.7% (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports 1.91 (2020)
- Net domestic credit 7.84 trillion current LCU (2024)
- Net foreign assets -1.65 trillion current LCU (2024)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 7.9% (2024)
- Broad money 27.2% (2024)
- Claims on central government, etc. 27.9% (2024)
- Domestic credit to private sector 7.9% (2024)
- Official exchange rate 1,161 LCU per US$, period average (2023)
- Net migration -5,628 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is real effective exchange rate index in Malawi?
- Real effective exchange rate index in Malawi was 103.17 2010 = 100 in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest real effective exchange rate index recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 214.84 2010 = 100 in 1984.
- What is the lowest real effective exchange rate index recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.4 2010 = 100 in 2013.
- How does Malawi rank for real effective exchange rate index?
- Malawi ranks 49th out of 95 countries with data for 2025.
- Is real effective exchange rate index rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Real effective exchange rate index (2010 = 100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Real effective exchange rate is the nominal effective exchange rate (a measure of the value of a currency against a weighted average of several foreign currencies) divided by a price deflator or index of costs. This indicator is an index series where 2010=100.