Malawi Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account
Malawi MW: BOP: Capital Account: Net
MW: BOP: Capital Account: Net data was reported at 229.460 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 237.661 USD mn for 2016. MW: BOP: Capital Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging 363.347 USD mn from Dec 2003 to 2017, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.481 USD bn in 2006 and a record low of 158.450 USD mn in 2003. MW: BOP: Capital Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Net capital account records acquisitions and disposals of nonproduced nonfinancial assets, such as land sold to embassies and sales of leases and licenses, as well as capital transfers, including government debt forgiveness. The use of the term capital account in this context is designed to be consistent with the System of National Accounts, which distinguishes between capital transactions and financial transactions. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 229.46 2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 |
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Malawi MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net
MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data was reported at -282.145 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of -329.848 USD mn for 2016. MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -25.496 USD mn from Dec 1977 to 2017, with 32 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.344 USD mn in 2012 and a record low of -811.809 USD mn in 2011. MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows total net FDI. In BPM6, financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities. Net FDI outflows are assets and net FDI inflows are liabilities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| -282.15 2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 |
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Malawi MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows
MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data was reported at 277.112 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 325.632 USD mn for 2016. MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 15.333 USD mn from Dec 1970 to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 812.754 USD mn in 2011 and a record low of -28.700 USD mn in 1991. MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.; Sum; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 277.11 2017 | yearly | 1970 - 2017 |
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Malawi MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP
MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data was reported at 4.396 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5.994 % for 2016. MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 1.251 % from Dec 1970 to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.155 % in 2011 and a record low of -1.302 % in 1991. MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors, and is divided by GDP.; ; International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.; Weighted average; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 4.40 2017 | yearly | 1970 - 2017 |
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Malawi MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows
MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data was reported at -5.033 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -4.216 USD mn for 2016. MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data is updated yearly, averaging 0.923 USD mn from Dec 1996 to 2017, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 42.300 USD mn in 2010 and a record low of -5.105 USD mn in 2015. MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.; Sum; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| -5.03 2017 | yearly | 1996 - 2017 |
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Malawi MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP
MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data was reported at -0.080 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -0.078 % for 2016. MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.023 % from Dec 1996 to 2017, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.608 % in 2010 and a record low of -0.080 % in 2015. MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world, and is divided by GDP.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.; Weighted average; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| -0.08 2017 | yearly | 1996 - 2017 |
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Malawi MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income
MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data was reported at 171.668 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 180.806 USD mn for 2016. MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data is updated yearly, averaging 11.131 USD mn from Dec 1970 to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 362.215 USD mn in 2011 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 1977. MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Primary income on foreign direct investment covers payments of direct investment income (debit side), which consist of income on equity (dividends, branch profits, and reinvested earnings) and income on the intercompany debt (interest). Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.00 2016 | yearly | 1970 - 2016 |
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Malawi MW: BOP: Financial Account: Net
MW: BOP: Financial Account: Net data was reported at -663.541 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of -695.129 USD mn for 2016. MW: BOP: Financial Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -139.734 USD mn from Dec 1977 to 2017, with 41 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.186 USD bn in 2006 and a record low of -840.853 USD mn in 2015. MW: BOP: Financial Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. The net financial account shows net acquisition and disposal of financial assets and liabilities. It measures how net lending to or borrowing from nonresidents is financed, and is conceptually equal to the sum of the balances on the current and capital accounts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| -663.54 2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 |
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Malawi MW: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows
MW: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data was reported at 0.477 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.399 USD mn for 2016. MW: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 0.440 USD mn from Dec 1977 to 2017, with 32 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 19.832 USD mn in 1979 and a record low of -3.919 USD mn in 2005. MW: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Portfolio equity includes net inflows from equity securities other than those recorded as direct investment and including shares, stocks, depository receipts (American or global), and direct purchases of shares in local stock markets by foreign investors. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, and World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.48 2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 |
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Malawi MW: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net
MW: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data was reported at -9.223 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -7.726 USD mn for 2016. MW: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -1.040 USD mn from Dec 1978 to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.971 USD mn in 2005 and a record low of -19.832 USD mn in 1979. MW: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Portfolio investment covers transactions in equity securities and debt securities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| -9.22 2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 |
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Malawi MW: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation
MW: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data was reported at 941.280 USD mn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 823.980 USD mn for 2015. MW: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 181.990 USD mn from Dec 1962 to 2016, with 54 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.922 USD bn in 2006 and a record low of 0.800 USD mn in 1973. MW: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Grants are defined as legally binding commitments that obligate a specific value of funds available for disbursement for which there is no repayment requirement. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and OECD.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 941.28 2016 | yearly | 1962 - 2016 |
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Malawi MW: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation
MW: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data was reported at 97.630 USD mn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 99.240 USD mn for 2015. MW: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 73.485 USD mn from Dec 1962 to 2016, with 54 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 142.450 USD mn in 1991 and a record low of 0.030 USD mn in 1962. MW: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Technical cooperation grants include free-standing technical cooperation grants, which are intended to finance the transfer of technical and managerial skills or of technology for the purpose of building up general national capacity without reference to any specific investment projects; and investment-related technical cooperation grants, which are provided to strengthen the capacity to execute specific investment projects. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and OECD.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 97.63 2016 | yearly | 1962 - 2016 |
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Malawi MW: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions
MW: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data was reported at 128.368 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of -20.995 USD mn for 2016. MW: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data is updated yearly, averaging 18.715 USD mn from Dec 1977 to 2017, with 41 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 252.935 USD mn in 2010 and a record low of -421.363 USD mn in 1998. MW: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. 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. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 128.37 2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 |
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Malawi MW: BOP: Reserves and Related Items
MW: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data was reported at 66.122 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of -118.955 USD mn for 2016. MW: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data is updated yearly, averaging 3.511 USD mn from Dec 1977 to 2017, with 41 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 180.733 USD mn in 2014 and a record low of -174.136 USD mn in 1998. MW: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malawi – Table MW.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Reserves and related items is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. Reserve assets are those external assets that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, and include holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights (SDRs), reserve position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other reserve assets. Also included are net credit and loans from the IMF (excluding reserve position) and total exceptional financing. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 66.12 2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 |