All food groups (excluding beverages) — Magnesium supply — Value in Malawi
Malawi: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Magnesium supply — Value was 528 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Magnesium supply — Value in Malawi, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, all food groups (excluding beverages) — magnesium supply — value in Malawi stood at 528 mg/cap/d.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — magnesium supply — value in Malawi peaked at 533 mg/cap/d in 2013 and was at its lowest, 513 mg/cap/d, in 2014.
Malawi ranks 15th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Magnesium supply — Value in Malawi, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 528 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 523 mg/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 529 mg/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 533 mg/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 513 mg/cap/d | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 520 mg/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 519 mg/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 518 mg/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 526 mg/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 528 mg/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 519 mg/cap/d | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 527 mg/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 527 mg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 528 mg/cap/d | +0.2% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 528 mg/cap/d is above the median for low income countries, which is 398.5 mg/cap/d, 1.3× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 528 mg/cap/d is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 392 mg/cap/d, 1.3× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 523.7 mg/cap/d | 513 mg/cap/d | 533 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 525.25 mg/cap/d | 519 mg/cap/d | 528 mg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 310 mg/cap/d compare
- 12 Serbia 541 mg/cap/d compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 310 mg/cap/d compare
- 12 Tunisia 541 mg/cap/d compare
- 14 Ghana 539 mg/cap/d compare
- 16 Albania 526 mg/cap/d compare
- 17 Israel 513 mg/cap/d compare
- 18 Cuba 510 mg/cap/d compare
- 18 Uzbekistan 510 mg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Malawi
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 24.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3003 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 201.66 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0012 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8241 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 30.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 30.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — magnesium supply — value in Malawi?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — magnesium supply — value in Malawi was 528 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest all food groups (excluding beverages) — magnesium supply — value recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 533 mg/cap/d in 2013.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — magnesium supply — value recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 513 mg/cap/d in 2014.
- How does Malawi rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — magnesium supply — value?
- Malawi ranks 15th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — magnesium supply — value rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of All food groups (excluding beverages) — Magnesium supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per capita supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it.