Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Chick peas, dry — Area harvested was 2,019 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 2,019 ha for chick peas, dry — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.2% on the previous year and down 97.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chick peas, dry — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 130,000 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 2,019 ha, in 2024.
That places Malawi 32nd out of 54 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 17,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 1965 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 19,000 ha | +11.8% |
| 1967 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 21,500 ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 22,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 23,500 ha | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 25,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 1978 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 27,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 1981 | 27,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 28,500 ha | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 30,300 ha | +6.3% |
| 1984 | 31,800 ha | +5.0% |
| 1985 | 33,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 37,977 ha | +15.1% |
| 1987 | 60,612 ha | +59.6% |
| 1988 | 62,256 ha | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 48,380 ha | -22.3% |
| 1990 | 113,941 ha | +135.5% |
| 1991 | 100,000 ha | -12.2% |
| 1992 | 85,000 ha | -15.0% |
| 1993 | 87,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 88,241 ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 89,319 ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 88,000 ha | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 92,682 ha | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 92,418 ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 89,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 88,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 89,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 89,500 ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 90,128 ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 87,429 ha | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 86,136 ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 88,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 98,000 ha | +11.4% |
| 2008 | 94,204 ha | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 99,391 ha | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 113,495 ha | +14.2% |
| 2011 | 130,000 ha | +14.5% |
| 2012 | 115,000 ha | -11.5% |
| 2013 | 115,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 94,946 ha | -17.4% |
| 2015 | 49,228 ha | -48.2% |
| 2016 | 24,366 ha | -50.5% |
| 2017 | 2,218 ha | -90.9% |
| 2018 | 2,166 ha | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 2,193 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 2,201 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 2,039 ha | -7.4% |
| 2022 | 2,033 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 2,086 ha | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 2,019 ha | -3.2% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 2,019 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 9,024 ha, 22% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 2,019 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,078 ha, 50% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chick peas, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +135.5% | 48,380 ha | 113,941 ha |
| 2017 | -90.9% | 24,366 ha | 2,218 ha |
| 1987 | +59.6% | 37,977 ha | 60,612 ha |
| 2016 | -50.5% | 49,228 ha | 24,366 ha |
| 2015 | -48.2% | 94,946 ha | 49,228 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,556 ha | 14,000 ha | 21,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,100 ha | 21,500 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 38,682 ha | 27,000 ha | 62,256 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 92,560 ha | 85,000 ha | 113,941 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 90,979 ha | 86,136 ha | 99,391 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 64,861 ha | 2,166 ha | 130,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,076 ha | 2,019 ha | 2,201 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 chick peas, dry — area harvested in Malawi?
- Chick peas, dry — area harvested in Malawi was 2,019 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chick peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 130,000 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest chick peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,019 ha in 2024.
- How does Malawi rank for chick peas, dry — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 32nd out of 54 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chick peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 97.9%. 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 Chick peas, dry — Area harvested. 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.