Malawi: Financial openness

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 Malawi

Financial openness index

 Latest value -1.242
 Year 2021
 Measure index points
 Data availability 1970 - 2021
 Average -1.314
 Min - Max -1.931 - -0.166
 Source Chinn-Ito Index
The latest value from 2021 is -1.242 index points, unchanged from -1.242 index points in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 0.322 index points, based on data from 176 countries. Historically, the average for Malawi from 1970 to 2021 is -1.314 index points. The minimum value, -1.931 index points, was reached in 2006 while the maximum of -0.166 index points was recorded in 1995. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Malawi - Financial openness  - Recent values chart

Historical series
Malawi - Financial openness  - historical chart - 1970-2021




Definition: The Chinn-Ito index measures a country's degree of capital account openness and was introduced in Chinn and Ito (Journal of Development Economics, 2006). It is based on variables that codify the restrictions on cross-border financial transactions in the IMF's Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions. Higher values mean greater financial openness.

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 Related indicators Latest Reference Measure
 Terms of trade 90.44 2021 percent
 Financial openness -1.242 2021 index points
 Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP 1.44 2023 percent
 Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars 0.20 2023 billion U.S. dollars
 Portfolio investment inflows, equities 0.00 2017 million dollars (current)
 Current account, percent of GDP -16.50 2023 percent
 Current account, in dollars -2.28 2023 billion U.S. dollars
 Trade balance, in dollars -2.47 2023 billion U.S. dollars
 Reserves 0.59 2020 billion U.S. dollars
 Remittances, percent of GDP 1.85 2023 percent
 Remittances 260.40 2023 million U.S. dollars
 Net errors and omissions 702.08 2023 million USD
 External debt 25.83 2022 percent
 Short-term external debt 0.38 2023 percent
 Short-term debt to reserves 30.01 2020 percent
 Foreign exchange reserves 321.20 1/2025 billion
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