Cabbages — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Cabbages — Area harvested was 11,441 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cabbages — Area harvested in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 11,441 ha for cabbages — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cabbages — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 11,441 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 700 ha, in 1961.
Malawi ranks 27th of 148 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cabbages — Area harvested in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1963 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 900 ha | +12.5% |
| 1965 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 1,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1971 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1972 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1973 | 1,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1974 | 1,350 ha | +35.0% |
| 1975 | 1,500 ha | +11.1% |
| 1976 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,800 ha | +20.0% |
| 1980 | 2,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1981 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 2,250 ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 2,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 3,023 ha | +20.9% |
| 1991 | 2,600 ha | -14.0% |
| 1992 | 2,500 ha | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 2,750 ha | +10.0% |
| 1994 | 3,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1995 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 3,072 ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 2,679 ha | -12.8% |
| 1998 | 2,800 ha | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 2,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 2,800 ha | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 2,753 ha | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 2,912 ha | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 3,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3,300 ha | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 3,500 ha | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 4,396 ha | +22.1% |
| 2009 | 4,421 ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 4,532 ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 4,695 ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 4,000 ha | -14.8% |
| 2013 | 7,042 ha | +76.0% |
| 2014 | 10,735 ha | +52.4% |
| 2015 | 10,646 ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 10,212 ha | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 10,232 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 8,808 ha | -13.9% |
| 2019 | 11,300 ha | +28.3% |
| 2020 | 11,333 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 10,741 ha | -5.2% |
| 2022 | 10,550 ha | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 11,062 ha | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 11,441 ha | +3.4% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 11,441 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 5,314 ha, 2.2× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 11,441 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,536 ha, 3.2× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cabbages — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +76.0% | 4,000 ha | 7,042 ha |
| 2014 | +52.4% | 7,042 ha | 10,735 ha |
| 1974 | +35.0% | 1,000 ha | 1,350 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 911.11 ha | 700 ha | 1,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,345 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,265 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,832 ha | 2,500 ha | 3,072 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,368 ha | 2,753 ha | 4,421 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,220 ha | 4,000 ha | 11,300 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,025 ha | 10,550 ha | 11,441 ha | 5 |
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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 cabbages — area harvested in Malawi?
- Cabbages — area harvested in Malawi was 11,441 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 11,441 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 700 ha in 1961.
- How does Malawi rank for cabbages — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 27th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cabbages — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cabbages — 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.