Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Malawi
Malawi: Bananas — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0027 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 0.0027 ha per person for bananas — area harvested, per capita in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.5% on the previous year and up 39.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested, per capita in Malawi peaked at 0.003 ha per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0005 ha per person, in 1998.
That places Malawi 27th out of 127 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0028 ha per person | 0.0027 ha per person | 0.003 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0029 ha per person | 0.0027 ha per person | 0.0029 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0024 ha per person | 0.002 ha per person | 0.0028 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.001 ha per person | 0.0005 ha per person | 0.0019 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0015 ha per person | 0.0013 ha per person | 0.0017 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0019 ha per person | 0.0017 ha per person | 0.0021 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0023 ha per person | 0.0019 ha per person | 0.0027 ha per person | 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 30.03 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 30.03 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested, per capita in Malawi?
- Bananas — area harvested, per capita in Malawi was 0.0027 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested, per capita recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.003 ha per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested, per capita recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0005 ha per person in 1998.
- How does Malawi rank for bananas — area harvested, per capita?
- Malawi ranks 27th out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Bananas — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Bananas — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Bananas — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Bananas — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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
Bananas — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.