Cereals, primary — Yield in Malawi
Malawi: Cereals, primary — Yield was 1,878 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — yield in Malawi is 1,878 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and down 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Malawi peaked at 2,467 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 481.6 kg/ha, in 1992.
That places Malawi 135th out of 193 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,008 kg/ha | 856.5 kg/ha | 1,381 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,125 kg/ha | 888.4 kg/ha | 1,299 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,139 kg/ha | 1,002 kg/ha | 1,187 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,182 kg/ha | 481.6 kg/ha | 1,745 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,454 kg/ha | 777.8 kg/ha | 2,467 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,862 kg/ha | 1,347 kg/ha | 2,218 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,997 kg/ha | 1,847 kg/ha | 2,320 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 cereals, primary — yield in Malawi?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Malawi was 1,878 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 2,467 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 481.6 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Malawi rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Malawi ranks 135th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. 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 Cereals, primary — 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.