Agricultural land (sq. km), annual growth rate in Malawi
Malawi: Agricultural land (sq. km), annual growth rate was 0 % change on previous year in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2023)
0 % change on previous year
World rank
58th
of 210 countries
All-time high
5.97 % change on previous year
in 1965
All-time low
-4.68 % change on previous year
in 1994
Years of data
62
1962–2023
Agricultural land (sq. km), annual growth rate in Malawi, 1962–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in % change on previous year.
Analysis
In 2023, agricultural land (sq. km), annual growth rate in Malawi stood at 0 % change on previous year.
The figure is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land (sq. km), annual growth rate in Malawi peaked at 5.97 % change on previous year in 1965 and was at its lowest, -4.68 % change on previous year, in 1994.
Malawi ranks 58th of 210 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Agricultural land (sq. km), annual growth rate in Malawi, year by year
| Year | % change on previous year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 3.12 % change on previous year | — |
| 1963 | 1.52 % change on previous year | -51.5% |
| 1964 | 1.49 % change on previous year | -1.5% |
| 1965 | 5.97 % change on previous year | +300.0% |
| 1966 | 1.39 % change on previous year | -76.8% |
| 1967 | -1.31 % change on previous year | -194.7% |
| 1968 | 2.83 % change on previous year | -315.3% |
| 1969 | 1.35 % change on previous year | -52.3% |
| 1970 | -1.33 % change on previous year | -198.7% |
| 1971 | 4.05 % change on previous year | -404.0% |
| 1972 | 1.3 % change on previous year | -68.0% |
| 1973 | 1.28 % change on previous year | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0758 % change on previous year | -94.1% |
| 1975 | -1.26 % change on previous year | -1765.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0512 % change on previous year | -104.1% |
| 1977 | 0.0767 % change on previous year | +49.9% |
| 1978 | 1.35 % change on previous year | +1665.3% |
| 1979 | 0.0504 % change on previous year | -96.3% |
| 1980 | -3.53 % change on previous year | -7096.5% |
| 1981 | 2.61 % change on previous year | -174.0% |
| 1982 | 2.54 % change on previous year | -2.5% |
| 1983 | -2.23 % change on previous year | -187.8% |
| 1984 | 1.27 % change on previous year | -156.8% |
| 1985 | 0.3759 % change on previous year | -70.4% |
| 1986 | 2.5 % change on previous year | +564.2% |
| 1987 | 0.1218 % change on previous year | -95.1% |
| 1988 | 0.1217 % change on previous year | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 1.22 % change on previous year | +898.8% |
| 1990 | 1.27 % change on previous year | +4.7% |
| 1991 | 2.42 % change on previous year | +90.0% |
| 1992 | -1.16 % change on previous year | -147.9% |
| 1993 | 0 % change on previous year | -100.0% |
| 1994 | -4.68 % change on previous year | — |
| 1995 | 5.16 % change on previous year | -210.2% |
| 1996 | 2.34 % change on previous year | -54.7% |
| 1997 | 1.14 % change on previous year | -51.1% |
| 1998 | 3.39 % change on previous year | +196.6% |
| 1999 | 2.18 % change on previous year | -35.5% |
| 2000 | 1.07 % change on previous year | -51.1% |
| 2001 | 2.11 % change on previous year | +97.9% |
| 2002 | 0 % change on previous year | -100.0% |
| 2003 | 3.11 % change on previous year | — |
| 2004 | 0 % change on previous year | -100.0% |
| 2005 | 4.02 % change on previous year | — |
| 2006 | 2.03 % change on previous year | -49.5% |
| 2007 | 0 % change on previous year | -100.0% |
| 2008 | 2.84 % change on previous year | — |
| 2009 | 0.92 % change on previous year | -67.6% |
| 2010 | 0 % change on previous year | -100.0% |
| 2011 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 2012 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 2013 | 1.09 % change on previous year | — |
| 2014 | 1.91 % change on previous year | +74.8% |
| 2015 | 0.9733 % change on previous year | -49.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9814 % change on previous year | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.9545 % change on previous year | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 0.9627 % change on previous year | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.9365 % change on previous year | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 0.9447 % change on previous year | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 1.1 % change on previous year | +16.8% |
| 2022 | 0 % change on previous year | -100.0% |
| 2023 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agricultural land (sq. km), annual growth rate in Malawi changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | -7096.5% | 0.0504 % change on previous year | -3.53 % change on previous year |
| 1975 | -1765.4% | 0.0758 % change on previous year | -1.26 % change on previous year |
| 1978 | +1665.3% | 0.0767 % change on previous year | 1.35 % change on previous year |
| 1989 | +898.8% | 0.1217 % change on previous year | 1.22 % change on previous year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.04 % change on previous year | -1.31 % change on previous year | 5.97 % change on previous year | 8 |
| 1970s | 0.5637 % change on previous year | -1.33 % change on previous year | 4.05 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4996 % change on previous year | -3.53 % change on previous year | 2.61 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.21 % change on previous year | -4.68 % change on previous year | 5.16 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.61 % change on previous year | 0 % change on previous year | 4.02 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7814 % change on previous year | 0 % change on previous year | 1.91 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5119 % change on previous year | 0 % change on previous year | 1.1 % change on previous year | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 55 Angola 0.0022 % change on previous year compare
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- 57 Somalia 0.0005 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Aruba 0 % change on previous year
- 58 Antigua and Barbuda 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Bahrain 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Bahamas 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Belize 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Bermuda 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Bolivia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Brazil 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Barbados 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Brunei 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Botswana 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 China 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Comoros 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Cape Verde 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Costa Rica 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Cuba 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Cayman Islands 0 % change on previous year
- 58 Dominica 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Egypt 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Eritrea 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Ethiopia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Fiji 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Micronesia (country) 0 % change on previous year compare
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- 58 Gambia 0 % change on previous year compare
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- 58 Grenada 0 % change on previous year compare
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- 58 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 % change on previous year compare
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- 58 Libya 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Saint Lucia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Liechtenstein 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Madagascar 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Maldives 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Marshall Islands 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Northern Mariana Islands 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Mauritania 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Malaysia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Namibia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 New Caledonia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Nicaragua 0 % change on previous year compare
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- 58 Peru 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Palau 0 % change on previous year
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- 58 Puerto Rico 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Paraguay 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Palestine 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Qatar 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Saudi Arabia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Sudan 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Senegal 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Singapore 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Sierra Leone 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 El Salvador 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 San Marino 0 % change on previous year compare
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- 58 Eswatini 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Seychelles 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Syria 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 % change on previous year
- 58 Togo 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 East Timor 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Tonga 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Trinidad and Tobago 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Tunisia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Tuvalu 0 % change on previous year compare
- 58 Tanzania 0 % change on previous year compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3003 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0012 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Share of GDP from agriculture 30.0% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land (sq. km), annual growth rate in Malawi?
- Agricultural land (sq. km), annual growth rate in Malawi was 0 % change on previous year in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest agricultural land (sq. km), annual growth rate recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 5.97 % change on previous year in 1965.
- What is the lowest agricultural land (sq. km), annual growth rate recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was -4.68 % change on previous year in 1994.
- How does Malawi rank for agricultural land (sq. km), annual growth rate?
- Malawi ranks 58th out of 210 countries with data for 2023.
- Is agricultural land (sq. km), annual growth rate rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Agricultural land (sq. km), annual growth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Agricultural land (sq. km). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Agricultural land FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Agricultural land (sq. km). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.