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$13.2BCURRENT US$
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GDP GROWTH
50.1%CURRENT US$
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$58.1BCURRENT US$
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2012-2022
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98.1%CURRENT US$
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GDP PC 
$645CURRENT US$
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14.6%CURRENT US$
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$586CURRENT US$
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42.1%CURRENT US$
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About

Malawi-Democratic Republic of the Congo Trade: In 2022, Malawi exported $4.7M to Democratic Republic of the Congo. The main products that Malawi exported to Democratic Republic of the Congo were Medical Instruments ($2.08M), Medical Furniture ($907k), and Dried Legumes ($502k). Over the past 5 years the exports of Malawi to Democratic Republic of the Congo have increased at an annualized rate of 6.65%, from $3.41M in 2017 to $4.7M in 2022.

In 2022, Malawi did not export any services to Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Democratic Republic of the Congo-Malawi Trade: In 2022, Democratic Republic of the Congo exported $86.9k to Malawi. The main products that Democratic Republic of the Congo exported to Malawi were Other Furniture ($38.4k), Other Plastic Products ($8.06k), and Other Glass Articles ($8.06k). Over the past 5 years the exports of Democratic Republic of the Congo to Malawi have increased at an annualized rate of 5.27%,  from $67.2k in 2017 to $86.9k in 2022.

In 2022, Democratic Republic of the Congo did not export any services to Malawi.

Comparison In 2022,  Malawi ranked 157 in total exports ($1.19B), and does not have data regarding Economic Complexity Index. That same year, Democratic Republic of the Congo ranked 130 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -1.81), and 71 in total exports ($28.5B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

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In 2022, Malawi exported $4.7M to Democratic Republic of the Congo. The main products exported from Malawi to Democratic Republic of the Congo were Medical Instruments ($2.08M), Medical Furniture ($907k), and Dried Legumes ($502k). During the last 5 years the exports of Malawi to Democratic Republic of the Congo have increased at an annualized rate of 6.65%, from $3.41M in 2017 to $4.7M in 2022.

In 2017, Democratic Republic of the Congo exported $86.9k to Malawi. The main products exported from Democratic Republic of the Congo to Malawi were Other Furniture ($38.4k), Other Plastic Products ($8.06k), and Other Glass Articles ($8.06k). During the last 5 years the exports of Democratic Republic of the Congo to Malawi have increased at an annualized rate of 5.27%, from $67.2k in 2022 to $86.9k in 2017.

Exports from Malawi (Flag) to Democratic Republic of the Congo (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Democratic Republic of the Congo (Flag) to Malawi (Flag) (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between Malawi (Flag) and Democratic Republic of the Congo (Flag)

Malawi Exports

Democratic Republic of the Congo Exports

Market Competitiveness

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Malawi
Top Destination
United Arab Emirates$255M

This map shows whether countries import more from Malawi or Democratic Republic of the Congo. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from Malawi and Democratic Republic of the Congo or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from Malawi than Democratic Republic of the Congo included Zimbabwe ($45M), Kenya ($58.8M), and Poland ($31.2M).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Democratic Republic of the Congo than Malawi included China ($15.6B), Singapore ($1.36B), and Hong Kong ($1.24B).

Difference in imports from Democratic Republic of the Congo (Flag) and Malawi (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Malawi - Democratic Republic of the Congo

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between Malawi and Democratic Republic of the Congo by product, considering products traded by both, Malawi and Democratic Republic of the Congo.

During 2022, Malawi had a large net trade with Democratic Republic of the Congo in the exports of Instruments ($2.57M), Miscellaneous ($918k), and Vegetable Products ($503k).

During 2017, Democratic Republic of the Congo had a large net trade with Malawi in the exports of Miscellaneous ($40k), Plastics and Rubbers ($15.1k), and Stone And Glass ($14.1k).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Malawi Democratic Republic of the Congo+$1.94kRaw Sugar
Top Product Potential Democratic Republic of the Congo Malawi+$1.69kRefined Copper

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of Malawi and Democratic Republic of the Congo. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Malawi indicates it has a comparative advantage over Democratic Republic of the Congo. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Democratic Republic of the Congo indicates it has a comparative advantage over Malawi.

Product Space of Malawi (Flag) and Democratic Republic of the Congo (Flag) (2022)

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