Avocados — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Avocados — Area harvested was 23,247 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Avocados — Area harvested in Malawi, 2014–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, avocados — area harvested in Malawi stood at 23,247 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 25.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 23,784 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 17,000 ha, in 2016.
That places Malawi 14th out of 91 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Avocados — Area harvested in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 18,500 ha | — |
| 2015 | 19,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 17,000 ha | -10.5% |
| 2017 | 19,000 ha | +11.8% |
| 2018 | 18,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 21,800 ha | +21.1% |
| 2020 | 22,007 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 20,005 ha | -9.1% |
| 2022 | 23,784 ha | +18.9% |
| 2023 | 22,443 ha | -5.6% |
| 2024 | 23,247 ha | +3.6% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 23,247 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 3,424 ha, 6.8× the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 23,247 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,071 ha, 7.6× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 18,883 ha | 17,000 ha | 21,800 ha | 6 |
| 2020s | 22,297 ha | 20,005 ha | 23,784 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 avocados — area harvested in Malawi?
- Avocados — area harvested in Malawi was 23,247 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 23,784 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,000 ha in 2016.
- How does Malawi rank for avocados — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 14th out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.7%. 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 Avocados — 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.