Cassava, fresh — Yield in Malawi
Malawi: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 25,500 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cassava, fresh — yield in Malawi is 25,500 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 4.8% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Malawi peaked at 25,500 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,014 kg/ha, in 1992.
That places Malawi 7th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,887 kg/ha | 5,927 kg/ha | 7,105 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,165 kg/ha | 5,870 kg/ha | 6,364 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,490 kg/ha | 2,125 kg/ha | 5,840 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,778 kg/ha | 2,014 kg/ha | 5,725 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,903 kg/ha | 14,300 kg/ha | 20,291 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,182 kg/ha | 20,431 kg/ha | 23,543 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,702 kg/ha | 24,231 kg/ha | 25,500 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Malawi
- Agriculture share gdp 30.03 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 30.03 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Rural population 82.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.2% (2025)
- Rural population 18.31 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 30.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 1.13 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — yield in Malawi?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Malawi was 25,500 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 25,500 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,014 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Malawi rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Malawi ranks 7th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. 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 Cassava, fresh — Yield. 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.