What is bean yields in Malawi?

Bean yields in Malawi was 0.6165 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest bean yields recorded in Malawi?

The highest recorded value was 0.6475 tonnes per hectare in 2021.

What is the lowest bean yields recorded in Malawi?

The lowest recorded value was 0.3647 tonnes per hectare in 2004.

How does Malawi rank for bean yields?

Malawi ranks 116th out of 132 countries with data for 2024.

Is bean yields rising or falling in Malawi?

Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Bean yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Bean yields in Malawi

Name: Bean yields in Malawi
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Malawi: Bean yields was 0.6165 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

0.6165 tonnes per hectare

Change on year

up 2.6%

World rank

116th

of 132 countries

All-time high

0.6475 tonnes per hectare

in 2021

All-time low

0.3647 tonnes per hectare

in 2004

Years of data

1961–2024

Bean yields in Malawi, 1961–2024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.

Analysis

In 2024, bean yields in Malawi stood at 0.6165 tonnes per hectare.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, bean yields in Malawi peaked at 0.6475 tonnes per hectare in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.3647 tonnes per hectare, in 2004.

Malawi ranks 116th of 132 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.5241 tonnes per hectare	0.5161 tonnes per hectare	0.5306 tonnes per hectare	9
1970s	0.5302 tonnes per hectare	0.5288 tonnes per hectare	0.5315 tonnes per hectare	10
1980s	0.5346 tonnes per hectare	0.5231 tonnes per hectare	0.5479 tonnes per hectare	10
1990s	0.5288 tonnes per hectare	0.3678 tonnes per hectare	0.5667 tonnes per hectare	10
2000s	0.4606 tonnes per hectare	0.3647 tonnes per hectare	0.6022 tonnes per hectare	10
2010s	0.5781 tonnes per hectare	0.4805 tonnes per hectare	0.6322 tonnes per hectare	10
2020s	0.6241 tonnes per hectare	0.6006 tonnes per hectare	0.6475 tonnes per hectare	5

Countries ranked near Malawi

113 Chad 0.6424 tonnes per hectare compare
114 Guatemala 0.6409 tonnes per hectare compare
115 Uruguay 0.6353 tonnes per hectare compare
117 Togo 0.5741 tonnes per hectare compare
118 Zambia 0.5589 tonnes per hectare compare
119 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.5463 tonnes per hectare compare

See the full ranking of 133 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Malawi

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.48 billion current US$ (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 30.0% (2025)
Rural population 18.31 million (2025)
Rural population growth 2.2% (2025)
Rural population 82.4% (2025)
Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 30.0% (2025)
Share of GDP from agriculture 30.0% (2025)
Land under cereal production 2.04 million hectares (2023)

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Frequently asked questions

What is bean yields in Malawi?: Bean yields in Malawi was 0.6165 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest bean yields recorded in Malawi?: The highest recorded value was 0.6475 tonnes per hectare in 2021.
What is the lowest bean yields recorded in Malawi?: The lowest recorded value was 0.3647 tonnes per hectare in 2004.
How does Malawi rank for bean yields?: Malawi ranks 116th out of 132 countries with data for 2024.
Is bean yields rising or falling in Malawi?: Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Bean yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Bean yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 133 places, 6,635 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.