Malawi vs Middle income: Transport services (% of commercial service imports)
Malawi
55.5%
in 2025
Middle income
25.5%
in 2025
Malawi rank
26th
Middle income rank
25th
Transport services (% of commercial service imports) over time
- Malawi
- Middle income
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 55.5% against 25.5% in Middle income, a difference of 30.0%.
That makes Malawi's figure about 2.2 times Middle income's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 26th and Middle income ranks 25th of 197 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 81.4% | 54.6% | 26.9% | Malawi |
| 1990s | 69.6% | 42.8% | 26.9% | Malawi |
| 2000s | 37.3% | 36.3% | 1.0% | Malawi |
| 2010s | 29.6% | 29.2% | 0.5% | Malawi |
| 2020s | 39.4% | 28.2% | 11.2% | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher transport services, Malawi or Middle income?
- Malawi, at 55.5% against 25.5% in Middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in transport services between Malawi and Middle income?
- 30.0%, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Middle income?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2025.
- How do Malawi and Middle income rank globally for transport services?
- Malawi ranks 26th and Middle income ranks 25th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Transport services (% of commercial service imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Transport is the process of carriage of people and objects from one location to another as well as related supporting and auxiliary services. Also included are postal and courier services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.