Apples — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Apples — Area harvested was 736 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apples — Area harvested in Malawi, 2014–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — area harvested in Malawi is 736 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 800 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 700 ha, in 2018.
Malawi ranks 78th of 96 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Apples — Area harvested in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 800 ha | — |
| 2015 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 700 ha | -12.5% |
| 2019 | 746 ha | +6.6% |
| 2020 | 731 ha | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 738 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 745 ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 741 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 736 ha | -0.7% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 736 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 736 ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 774.33 ha | 700 ha | 800 ha | 6 |
| 2020s | 738.2 ha | 731 ha | 745 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
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 apples — area harvested in Malawi?
- Apples — area harvested in Malawi was 736 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 800 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 700 ha in 2018.
- How does Malawi rank for apples — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 78th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.