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About

Malawi-Namibia Trade: In 2022, Malawi exported $277k to Namibia. The main products that Malawi exported to Namibia were Buses ($140k), Cleaning Products ($43.6k), and Special purpose motor vehicles ($23k). Over the past 5 years the exports of Malawi to Namibia have increased at an annualized rate of 5.54%, from $211k in 2017 to $277k in 2022.

In 2022, Malawi did not export any services to Namibia.

Namibia-Malawi Trade: In 2022, Namibia exported $1.9M to Malawi. The main products that Namibia exported to Malawi were Delivery Trucks ($767k), Cars ($275k), and Non-fillet Frozen Fish ($145k). Over the past 5 years the exports of Namibia to Malawi have increased at an annualized rate of 10.8%,  from $1.14M in 2017 to $1.9M in 2022.

In 2022, Namibia 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, Namibia ranked 94 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.63), and 121 in total exports ($6.18B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

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In 2022, Malawi exported $277k to Namibia. The main products exported from Malawi to Namibia were Buses ($140k), Cleaning Products ($43.6k), and Special purpose motor vehicles ($23k). During the last 5 years the exports of Malawi to Namibia have increased at an annualized rate of 5.54%, from $211k in 2017 to $277k in 2022.

In 2017, Namibia exported $1.9M to Malawi. The main products exported from Namibia to Malawi were Delivery Trucks ($767k), Cars ($275k), and Non-fillet Frozen Fish ($145k). During the last 5 years the exports of Namibia to Malawi have increased at an annualized rate of 10.8%, from $1.14M in 2022 to $1.9M in 2017.

Exports from Malawi (Flag) to Namibia (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Namibia (Flag) to Malawi (Flag) (2022)

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Trade between Malawi (Flag) and Namibia (Flag)

Malawi Exports

Namibia Exports

Market Competitiveness

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Malawi
Top Destination
United Arab Emirates$255M
Namibia
Top Destination
South Africa$1.75B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Malawi than Namibia included Tanzania ($72.8M), Kenya ($58.8M), and Egypt ($25.3M).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Namibia than Malawi included South Africa ($1.75B), Botswana ($672M), and China ($628M).

Difference in imports from Namibia (Flag) and Malawi (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Malawi - Namibia

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between Malawi and Namibia by product, considering products traded by both, Malawi and Namibia.

During 2022, Malawi had a large net trade with Namibia in the exports of Transportation ($163k), Chemical Products ($47.6k), and Miscellaneous ($26k).

During 2017, Namibia had a large net trade with Malawi in the exports of Transportation ($1.25M), Animal Products ($155k), and Mineral Products ($148k).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Malawi Namibia+$6.05kSeats
Top Product Potential Namibia Malawi+$164kRefined Petroleum

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 Namibia. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Malawi indicates it has a comparative advantage over Namibia. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Namibia indicates it has a comparative advantage over Malawi.

Product Space of Malawi (Flag) and Namibia (Flag) (2022)

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