| Malawi Consumer Price Index (CPI): YoY: Non Food (%) | 1.90
            
                                            Feb 2018 | monthly | Jan 2002 - Feb 2018 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi Foreign Exchange Rate: Month End: British Pound: Buy (MWK/GBP) | 953.94
            
                                            May 2018 | monthly | Jan 2004 - May 2018 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi Foreign Exchange Rate: Month End: British Pound: Sell (MWK/GBP) | 978.48
            
                                            May 2018 | monthly | Jan 2004 - May 2018 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi Foreign Exchange Rate: Month End: US Dollar: Buy (MWK/USD) | 716.82
            
                                            May 2018 | monthly | Jan 2004 - May 2018 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi Foreign Exchange Rate: Month End: US Dollar: Sell (MWK/USD) | 735.26
            
                                            May 2018 | monthly | Jan 2004 - May 2018 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi Foreign Exchange Rate: Month End: Euro: Buy (MWK/EUR) | 836.74
            
                                            May 2018 | monthly | Jan 2004 - May 2018 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi Foreign Exchange Rate: Month End: Euro: Sell (MWK/EUR) | 858.27
            
                                            May 2018 | monthly | Jan 2004 - May 2018 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi Foreign Exchange Rate: Month End: Japanese Yen: Buy (MWK/JPY) | 6.60
            
                                            May 2018 | monthly | Jan 2004 - May 2018 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi Foreign Exchange Rate: Month End: Japanese Yen: Sell (MWK/JPY) | 6.77
            
                                            May 2018 | monthly | Jan 2004 - May 2018 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi Foreign Exchange Rate: Month End: South African Rand: Buy (MWK/ZAR) | 57.27
            
                                            May 2018 | monthly | Jan 2004 - May 2018 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi Foreign Exchange Rate: Month End: South African Rand: Sell (MWK/ZAR) | 58.75
            
                                            May 2018 | monthly | Jan 2004 - May 2018 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi Foreign Exchange Rate: Month End: US Dollar: Middle (MWK/USD) | 726.04
            
                                            May 2018 | monthly | Feb 2005 - May 2018 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi Foreign Exchange Rate: Month Avg: US Dollar (MWK/USD) | 730.16
            
                                            Aug 2017 | monthly | Jan 1999 - Aug 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi Treasury Bills Yield: Month End (% pa) | 17.01
            
                                            Aug 2017 | monthly | Mar 2005 - Aug 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi Treasury Bills Yield: Month End: 182 Days (% pa) | 16.92
            
                                            Aug 2017 | monthly | Mar 2005 - Aug 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi Treasury Bills Yield: Month End: 271 Days (% pa) | 17.80
            
                                            Aug 2017 | monthly | Mar 2005 - Aug 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi Monetary Authorities: Assets: Holdings of SDR (MWK mn) | 6,742.90
            
                                            Sep 2016 | monthly | Jan 2000 - Sep 2016 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi Monetary Authorities: Assets: Claims on Official Sector (MWK mn) | 463,943.70
            
                                            Sep 2016 | monthly | Jan 1975 - Sep 2016 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi Monetary Authorities: Assets: Claims on Domestic Banks (MWK mn) | 5,400.00
            
                                            Sep 2016 | monthly | Jan 1975 - Sep 2016 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi Monetary Authorities: Liabilities: Liabilities to Official Sector (MWK mn) | 248,887.30
            
                                            Sep 2016 | monthly | Jan 2000 - Sep 2016 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi Monetary Authorities: Liabilities: Deposits of Central Government (MWK mn) | 248,887.30
            
                                            Sep 2016 | monthly | Jan 2000 - Sep 2016 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi Monetary Authorities: Liabilities: Deposits of Statutory Corporations (MWK mn) | 0.00
            
                                            Sep 2016 | monthly | Jan 2000 - Sep 2016 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi Monetary Authorities: Liabilities: Liabilities to Banks (MWK mn) | 84,873.50
            
                                            Sep 2016 | monthly | Jan 1975 - Sep 2016 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi Monetary Authorities: Liabilities: Deposits by Banks (MWK mn) | 63,403.50
            
                                            Sep 2016 | monthly | Jan 1975 - Sep 2016 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi Monetary Authorities: Liabilities: Currency in Banks (MWK mn) | 21,470.00
            
                                            Sep 2016 | monthly | Jan 1975 - Sep 2016 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi Monetary Authorities: Liabilities: Currency Outside Banks (MWK mn) | 153,613.90
            
                                            Sep 2016 | monthly | Jan 1975 - Sep 2016 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Exports: fob: Emerging and Developing Economies: Export Earnings: Fue... (USD mn) | 84.11
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1964 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Exports: fob: Emerging and Developing Economies: Export Earnings: Non... (USD mn) | 1,221.29
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1964 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies (USD mn) | 484.66
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1964 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Exports: fob: Emerging and Developing Economies (USD mn) | 820.74
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1964 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Exports: fob: Emerging and Developing Economies: Western Hemisphere (USD mn) | 1.49
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1964 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Exports: fob: Emerging and Developing Economies: Middle East (USD mn) | 81.17
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1971 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Exports: fob: Emerging and Developing Economies: Emerging and Develop... (USD mn) | 108.14
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1964 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Exports: fob: Emerging and Developing Economies: Africa (USD mn) | 516.72
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1964 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Exports: fob: Emerging and Developing Economies: Europe: CIS (USD mn) | 81.71
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1993 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Imports: cif: Emerging and Developing Economies: Export Earnings: Fue... (USD mn) | 259.44
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1964 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Imports: cif: Emerging and Developing Economies: Export Earnings: Non... (USD mn) | 2,175.79
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1964 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Imports: cif: Advanced Economies (USD mn) | 537.95
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1964 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Imports: cif: Emerging and Developing Economies (USD mn) | 1,897.28
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1964 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Imports: cif: Emerging and Developing Economies: Western Hemisphere (USD mn) | 13.62
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1971 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Imports: cif: Emerging and Developing Economies: Middle East (USD mn) | 250.00
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1964 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Imports: cif: Emerging and Developing Economies: Emerging and Develop... (USD mn) | 713.06
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1964 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Imports: cif: Emerging and Developing Economies: Africa (USD mn) | 883.43
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1964 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Imports: cif: Emerging and Developing Economies: Europe: CIS (USD mn) | 18.83
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1995 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Monetary Survey: Broad Money: % Change over Previous Year (%) | 15.21
            
                                            2016 | yearly | 1966 - 2016 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Fertilizer Consumption: per Hectare of Arable Land (kg/ha) | 30.20
            
                                            2015 | yearly | 2002 - 2015 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Agricultural Land (sq km) | 57,900.00
            
                                            2015 | yearly | 1961 - 2015 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Agricultural Land: % of Land Area (%) | 61.41
            
                                            2015 | yearly | 1961 - 2015 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Arable Land (ha) | 3,800,000.00
            
                                            2015 | yearly | 1961 - 2015 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Arable Land: Hectares per Person (ha) | 0.22
            
                                            2015 | yearly | 1961 - 2015 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Arable Land: % of Land Area (%) | 40.31
            
                                            2015 | yearly | 1961 - 2015 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Land under Cereal Production (ha) | 1,878,999.00
            
                                            2016 | yearly | 1961 - 2016 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Permanent Cropland: % of Land Area (%) | 1.48
            
                                            2015 | yearly | 1961 - 2015 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Forest Area (sq km) | 31,470.00
            
                                            2015 | yearly | 1990 - 2015 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Forest Area: % of Land Area (%) | 33.38
            
                                            2015 | yearly | 1990 - 2015 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Average Precipitation in Depth (mm/Year) | 1,181.00
            
                                            2014 | yearly | 1962 - 2014 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Land Area (sq km) | 94,280.00
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1961 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Surface Area (sq km) | 118,480.00
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1961 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Cereal Yield: per Hectare (kg/ha) | 1,347.40
            
                                            2016 | yearly | 1961 - 2016 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Trade in Services: % of GDP (%) | 7.28
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Communications, Computer, etc... (%) | 36.47
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Payments (USD mn) | 201.66
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods and Services (USD mn) | 2,466.71
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Insurance and Financial Servi... (%) | 7.97
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods (USD mn) | 2,143.88
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service (USD mn) | 322.83
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Charges for the Use of Intellectual Property: P... (USD mn) | 4.29
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods, Services and Primary Income (USD mn) | 2,668.37
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Transport: % of Service Impor... (%) | 28.85
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Travel: % of Service Imports (%) | 26.71
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Paid (USD mn) | 19.71
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1978 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Balance (USD mn) | -1,021.37
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Balance: % of GDP (%) | -16.20
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Net (USD mn) | -194.12
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Net Trade: Goods and Services (USD mn) | -1,225.28
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Net Trade: Goods (USD mn) | -1,038.21
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions (USD mn) | 128.37
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net (USD mn) | -282.15
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net (USD mn) | -9.22
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Reserves and Related Items (USD mn) | 66.12
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Net (USD mn) | 398.02
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Capital Account: Net (USD mn) | 229.46
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Communications, Computer, etc... (%) | 40.78
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Receipts (USD mn) | 7.55
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods and Services (USD mn) | 1,241.44
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Insurance and Financial Servi... (%) | 18.69
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods (USD mn) | 1,105.68
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service (USD mn) | 135.76
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods, Services and Primary Income (USD mn) | 1,248.98
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Transport: % of Service Expor... (%) | 17.64
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Travel: % of Service Exports (%) | 22.89
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows (USD mn) | 277.11
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1970 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of ... (%) | 4.40
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1970 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income (USD mn) | 0.00
            
                                            2016 | yearly | 1970 - 2016 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows (USD mn) | 0.48
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Receipts (USD mn) | 413.78
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Personal Transfers: Receipts (USD mn) | 39.39
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received (USD mn) | 40.90
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1994 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received: % of GDP (%) | 0.65
            
                                            2017 | yearly | 1994 - 2017 | 
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            | Malawi MW: Net Bilateral Aid Flows from Development Assistance Committee Donors:... (USD mn) | 3.02
            
                                            2016 | yearly | 1965 - 2016 |