Lesotho vs Malawi: Overall budget balance, including grants
Lesotho
-1.90 billion current LCU
in 2011
Malawi
-633.75 million current LCU
in 2011
Lesotho rank
18th
Malawi rank
15th
Overall budget balance, including grants over time
- Lesotho
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports -633.75 million current LCU against -1.90 billion current LCU in Lesotho, a difference of 1.26 billion current LCU.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Lesotho ahead.
Lesotho ranks 18th and Malawi ranks 15th of 51 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 4 and Malawi in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | -13.29 million current LCU | -46.70 million current LCU | 33.41 million current LCU | Lesotho |
| 1980s | -79.19 million current LCU | -209.88 million current LCU | 130.69 million current LCU | Lesotho |
| 1990s | -173.88 million current LCU | -3.08 billion current LCU | 2.90 billion current LCU | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 212.36 million current LCU | -15.46 billion current LCU | 15.67 billion current LCU | Lesotho |
| 2010s | -1.36 billion current LCU | 10.34 billion current LCU | 11.70 billion current LCU | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher overall budget balance, including grants, Lesotho or Malawi?
- Malawi, at -633.75 million current LCU against -1.90 billion current LCU in Lesotho as of 2011.
- What is the difference in overall budget balance, including grants between Lesotho and Malawi?
- 1.26 billion current LCU, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Malawi?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2011.
- How do Lesotho and Malawi rank globally for overall budget balance, including grants?
- Lesotho ranks 18th and Malawi ranks 15th of 51 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Bank country economists, published as Overall budget balance, including grants (current LCU). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Overall budget deficit is current and capital revenue and official grants received, less total expenditure and lending minus repayments. Data are shown for central government only, and are in current local currency.