Bananas — Food in Malawi
Malawi: Bananas — Food was 989 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Food in Malawi, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 989 1000 t for bananas — food in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.5% on the previous year and up 178.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — food in Malawi peaked at 989 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 348 1000 t, in 2012.
Malawi ranks 21st of 193 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Bananas — Food in Malawi, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 361 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 358 1000 t | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 348 1000 t | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 355 1000 t | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 361 1000 t | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 386 1000 t | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 385 1000 t | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 389 1000 t | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 394 1000 t | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 371 1000 t | -5.8% |
| 2020 | 385 1000 t | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 384 1000 t | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 903 1000 t | +135.2% |
| 2023 | 989 1000 t | +9.5% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 989 1000 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 67 1000 t, 14.8× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 989 1000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 30.5 1000 t, 32.4× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Food in Malawi changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +135.2% | 384 1000 t | 903 1000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 370.8 1000 t | 348 1000 t | 394 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 665.25 1000 t | 384 1000 t | 989 1000 t | 4 |
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 bananas — food in Malawi?
- Bananas — food in Malawi was 989 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — food recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 989 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest bananas — food recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 348 1000 t in 2012.
- How does Malawi rank for bananas — food?
- Malawi ranks 21st out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is bananas — food rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 178.6%. 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 Bananas — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet 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 caput 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. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.