All food groups — Potassium supply — Value in Malawi
Malawi: All food groups — Potassium supply — Value was 4,263 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups — Potassium supply — Value in Malawi, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 4,263 mg/cap/d for all food groups — potassium supply — value in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups — potassium supply — value in Malawi peaked at 4,263 mg/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,849 mg/cap/d, in 2011.
Malawi ranks 35th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
All food groups — Potassium supply — Value in Malawi, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,957 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 3,849 mg/cap/d | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 3,857 mg/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 4,106 mg/cap/d | +6.5% |
| 2014 | 3,983 mg/cap/d | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 3,956 mg/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 3,991 mg/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 4,140 mg/cap/d | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 4,209 mg/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 4,057 mg/cap/d | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 4,105 mg/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 4,153 mg/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 4,232 mg/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 4,263 mg/cap/d | +0.7% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 4,263 mg/cap/d is above the median for low income countries, which is 2,628 mg/cap/d, 1.6× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 4,263 mg/cap/d is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,060 mg/cap/d, 1.4× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4,010 mg/cap/d | 3,849 mg/cap/d | 4,209 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,188 mg/cap/d | 4,105 mg/cap/d | 4,263 mg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 32 Republic of Korea 4,340 mg/cap/d compare
- 33 Algeria 4,327 mg/cap/d compare
- 34 Jamaica 4,306 mg/cap/d compare
- 36 Montenegro 4,250 mg/cap/d compare
- 37 Iceland 4,211 mg/cap/d compare
- 38 Azerbaijan 4,203 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 — potassium supply — value in Malawi?
- All food groups — potassium supply — value in Malawi was 4,263 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest all food groups — potassium supply — value recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 4,263 mg/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest all food groups — potassium supply — value recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,849 mg/cap/d in 2011.
- How does Malawi rank for all food groups — potassium supply — value?
- Malawi ranks 35th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups — potassium supply — value rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Potassium 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.