Cabbages — Yield in Malawi
Malawi: Cabbages — Yield was 22,064 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cabbages — Yield in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 22,064 kg/ha for cabbages — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cabbages — yield in Malawi peaked at 22,064 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9,000 kg/ha, in 1995.
Malawi ranks 92nd of 148 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cabbages — Yield in Malawi, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 9,909 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 10,886 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1971 | 11,546 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1972 | 11,340 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 10,886 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1974 | 11,111 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 11,333 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 11,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 12,000 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 11,111 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1980 | 11,000 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 10,952 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 10,909 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 11,111 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 11,304 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 11,304 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 11,304 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 11,304 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 11,250 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 10,800 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 11,162 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 10,769 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 10,400 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1993 | 12,000 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1994 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 9,000 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1996 | 9,766 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1997 | 10,078 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 10,000 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 11,429 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2001 | 12,714 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2002 | 13,735 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2003 | 15,000 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2004 | 16,667 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2005 | 16,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 16,571 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 16,667 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 17,028 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 17,623 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 18,152 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 18,681 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 19,625 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 20,135 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 21,437 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 20,344 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 19,236 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2017 | 20,438 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 21,330 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 20,320 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 20,278 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 21,598 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 21,633 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 21,848 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 22,064 kg/ha | +1.0% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 22,064 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 16,129 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 22,064 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18,716 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cabbages — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | -25.0% | 12,000 kg/ha | 9,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,990 kg/ha | 9,909 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,355 kg/ha | 10,886 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,124 kg/ha | 10,800 kg/ha | 11,304 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,518 kg/ha | 9,000 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,410 kg/ha | 11,429 kg/ha | 17,623 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,970 kg/ha | 18,152 kg/ha | 21,437 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,484 kg/ha | 20,278 kg/ha | 22,064 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 89 Saint Lucia 22,455 kg/ha compare
- 90 USSR 22,421 kg/ha compare
- 91 Norway 22,143 kg/ha compare
- 93 Spain 22,022 kg/ha compare
- 94 Madagascar 20,967 kg/ha compare
- 95 Bangladesh 20,828 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 cabbages — yield in Malawi?
- Cabbages — yield in Malawi was 22,064 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cabbages — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 22,064 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cabbages — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,000 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does Malawi rank for cabbages — yield?
- Malawi ranks 92nd out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cabbages — yield rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. 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 Cabbages — 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.