Broad beans and horse beans, green — Yield in Malawi
Malawi: Broad beans and horse beans, green — Yield was 8,780 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Yield in Malawi, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for broad beans and horse beans, green — yield in Malawi is 8,780 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, green — yield in Malawi peaked at 9,000 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 7,175 kg/ha, in 2003.
That places Malawi 15th out of 57 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Yield in Malawi, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8,000 kg/ha | — |
| 2001 | 7,371 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2002 | 7,869 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2003 | 7,175 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2004 | 7,610 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2005 | 7,999 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 7,809 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 7,343 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 7,748 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 7,339 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2010 | 7,707 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 8,077 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 9,000 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2013 | 8,861 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 8,565 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 8,542 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 8,595 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 8,684 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 8,757 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 8,824 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 8,755 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 8,779 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 8,786 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 8,774 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 8,780 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 8,780 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,355 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7,626 kg/ha | 7,175 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,561 kg/ha | 7,707 kg/ha | 9,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,775 kg/ha | 8,755 kg/ha | 8,786 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 12 Lebanon 10,430 kg/ha compare
- 13 China, Taiwan Province of 9,136 kg/ha compare
- 14 Uzbekistan 8,908 kg/ha compare
- 16 Algeria 8,622 kg/ha compare
- 17 Greece 8,508 kg/ha compare
- 18 New Zealand 8,441 kg/ha compare
- 18 Australia and New Zealand 8,441 kg/ha compare
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 broad beans and horse beans, green — yield in Malawi?
- Broad beans and horse beans, green — yield in Malawi was 8,780 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, green — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 9,000 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, green — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,175 kg/ha in 2003.
- How does Malawi rank for broad beans and horse beans, green — yield?
- Malawi ranks 15th out of 57 countries with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, green — yield rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. 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 Broad beans and horse beans, green — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.